ENCOURAGEMENT
\ɛnkˈʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt], \ɛnkˈʌɹɪdʒmənt], \ɛ_n_k_ˈʌ_ɹ_ɪ_dʒ_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of ENCOURAGEMENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.
By Oddity Software
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That which serves to incite, support, promote, or advance, as favor, countenance, reward, etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of inspiring with confidence; that which incites to action or perseverance; an incentive or inducement.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Act of encouraging; that which encourages.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. The act of giving courage or confidence; incentive;—that which serves to support, promote, or advance, as favour, countenance, profit, &c.
By Thomas Sheridan
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