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cheerleading

cheerleading

3 2.7
Active encouragement from others to help someone keep going or succeed
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɪrˌliːdɪŋ/
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  • Cheerleading is important during sports events because it can boost the cheerleading's morale.

I will be there in Dortmund in full support, cheerleading, cheerleading with a couple of these.

Examples

  • Her cheerleading encouraged him to pursue his dreams and never give up.

  • Plus, I believe if these girls were learning a good sense of self from cheerleading together before this, they probably wouldn't have felt the need to do what they did, instead of just hanging out together and becoming a closer team.

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  • Just that one piece of cheerleading is a lot of times all people need.

  • We're not competing, we are cheerleading now.

  • Cheerleading is all about the positive.

  • She said she found the courage from three years of cheerleading and four years of orchestra.

    Academic text (2008)
  • I think that while the outward cheerleading may be less obvious, the support is still there, and people who had yard signs last time but don't have them this time will still vote for Obama.

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  • My get-through-it strategy remains having a full-on cheerleading squad (my mother, my sister, my one-above-my-boss supervisor, among others) of like-minded working women that high-five me just for getting out of bed, getting everyone dressed, and getting to work every day.

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  • The teacher provided cheerleading to her students, motivating them to succeed in their studies.

Synonyms

cheering
vscheerleading
215 1.0

Shouts and applause from a crowd to show support

is broader providing general moral support beyond loud public shouts
encouragement
vscheerleading
89 1.7

Giving support that helps someone feel more confident and hopeful

aims specifically to help a person continue or succeed
cheers
vscheerleading
11 1.4

Loud shouts from a group to show approval or encouragement

focuses on giving lasting moral support to help continue or succeed

Antonyms

Making someone less willing to do something by saying you do not like it

How Encouraging

cheerleading
3 2.7
cheering
215 1.0
encouragement
89 1.7
to support
1.0

Surface Forms

cheerleading singular
cheerleadings plural

Morphology

cheerleading = cheerlead (transparent) = cheer + ing

The noun is a normal -ing formation from 'cheerlead', and the sense of giving encouragement follows directly from the base idea.

Etymology

Cheerleading comes from cheer ('encouragement') and lead ('to guide'), so it can mean the act of giving moral support. That's why someone’s cheerleading helps another person keep going or succeed.