encouraging
(adjective) giving courage or confidence or hope; “encouraging advances in medical research”
encouraging, supporting
(adjective) furnishing support and encouragement; “the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
encouraging (comparative more encouraging, superlative most encouraging)
giving courage, confidence or hope
supporting by giving encouragement
auspicious, or bringing good luck
encouraging
present participle of encourage
encouraging (plural encouragings)
encouragement
Source: Wiktionary
En*cour"a*ging, a.
Definition: Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring.
– En*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.
En*cour"age (; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encouraged (; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Encouraging.] Etym: [F. encourager; pref. en- (L. in) + courage courage. See Courage.]
Definition: To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage. David encouraged himself in the Lord. 1 Sam. xxx. 6.
Syn.
– To embolden; inspirit; animate; enhearten; hearten; incite; cheer; urge; impel; stimulate; instigate; countenance; comfort; promote; advance; forward; strengthen.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 January 2025
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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