Simple meaning
What does Encourage mean?
Encourage means to cheer someone on.
Dictionary definition
To encourage means to give support or confidence to help someone keep going.
Example sentences
Encourage in a sentence
easy
We used encourage in class to explain our idea clearly.
medium
In the reading task, the teacher asked us to encourage the word in a complete sentence.
hard
Using encourage in my writing helped show how the action changed the meaning of the paragraph.
Synonyms
Words like Encourage
Antonyms
Opposite words
discourageHelpful contrast for understanding meaning.
deterHelpful contrast for understanding meaning.
Word family
Encourage word family
Base word
encourage
verb
encourage
Base form.
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Practice 1
What does encourage mean in this context?
ENCOURAGE means encourage means to cheer someone on.
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