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encourage

/ɛnˈkɝɪdʒ/

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What does encourage mean?

verb

  1. To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
  2. To spur on, strongly recommend.
  3. To foster, give help or patronage.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɛnˈkɝɪdʒ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ɪnˈkɝədʒ/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Burma has been largely isolated from international economic forces and has been trying to encourage foreign investment, so far with little success.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1992 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #48
I said nothing to encourage the poor fellow in that frightful state of scepticism which, if indulged, might end in positive infidelity.
Alexander William KinglakeEothen; Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the EastProject Gutenberg ebook #282
More book examples (3)
Lumberers have a notion that he is harmful to timber, digging little holes through the bark to encourage the settlement of insects.
James Russell LowellMy Garden AcquaintanceProject Gutenberg ebook #880
The numerous hands employed in the one species of cultivation necessarily encourage the other, by affording a ready market for its produce.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
Hearing that his people were besieged, he passed through the enemy’s army in disguise to go and encourage them with his presence.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600