to encourage
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2.1
- verb
- /ɪnˈkɜrɪdʒ/
:
fomentar
- Teachers often encourage students to ask questions in class.
- encourage the development
- encourage growth
- encourage economic growth
When you insure people, you encourage adverse behavior.
- When you insure people, you encourage adverse behavior.
- Right now what they do is they encourage low carbon travel.
- I mean, it's a proper working stance because it encourages further work.
- By you being aware, you can encourage ways to seek out help.
- Or at least, which worldview should be encouraged if creativity is the goal?
- So yeah, I would I would encourage real friendships in a business.
- This phone just seems to encourage the the utility.
Examples
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So they created savings banks to encourage thrift and saving.
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Participants are also encouraged to bring to the conference the goals of their individual professional organizations.
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By you being aware, you can encourage ways to seek out help.
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Right now what they do is they encourage low carbon travel.
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The leaders of our field are our future; we should promote and encourage them to realize their potential.
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And I guess the third one is to encourage the government to pass favorable legislation.
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The partnership has also developed the necessary scaffolding to encourage and guide local leadership and problem solving.
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The new directives encourage us to expand our space from the physical into virtual space.
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Mathematics classrooms should encourage more depth and less speed.
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It's all about striving, and our system encourages and enables the striving.
Synonyms
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3.2
Help something grow and become more successful
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3.4
To help something move forward or become better
265
2.5
To make something increase or work better
187
4.9
To make a task or process easier and help it happen
104
3.7
To encourage the growth or development of something
102
3.5
To help something make progress or grow
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4.3
To give extra support to a person, plan, or idea
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4.1
To help a skill, interest or relationship grow
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5.5
Give people a reward to make them do something
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2.9
To help something become bigger or better over time
Antonyms
How Supportive
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3.2
104
3.7
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2.1
236
3.7
- Formal
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4.9
- Specialized
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3.7
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Encourage comes from the same parts en- 'in' and courage 'heart', so to encourage something is to give it 'heart' or support that helps it grow or develop.