Encourage
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Pronunciation
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Verb
- Template:Transitive If you encourage someone, you make them feel that they want to, or can, do something.
- We're trying to encourage more people to give money to the hospital.
- I encouraged my son to audition for the school play.
- It will be difficult, but I'm encouraged by our success so far.
- Template:Transitive If encourages , makes more likely to happen.
- The water encourages the breakdown of the wood.