Encourage Verb 1 2 3, Past and Past Participle Form Tense of Encourage V1 V2 V3
encourage
Meanings;
- Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone)(transitive verb)
Verb(V1) | Past Tense(V2) | Past Participle(V3) |
encourage | encouraged | encouraged |
Verb – es(Ves) | Verb – ing(Ving) |
encourages | encouraging |
Synonyms
hearten, cheer, buoy up, uplift, inspire, motivate, egg on, spur on, stir, stir up, whip up, fire up, stimulate, animate, invigorate, vitalize, revitalize, embolden, fortify, rally, incite,
Example Sentences with encourage
- My sister didn’t utter a single word of encouragement.
- What you applaud you encourage, but beware what you celebrate…
- Steve encouraged Jessica to try again.
- Frank encouraged me to learn French.
- Samuel encouraged Pam to write a novel.
- George encouraged his son to study French.
- I encouraged Alex to exercise more often.
- My brother encouraged his girlfriend to buy a hybrid car.
- The boy encouraged Jessica to leave right away.
- Nobody encouraged Frank to work any harder.
- We are encouraged to use our imagination.
- All my friends encouraged me to try my best.
- Be an encourager. Scatter sunshine. Who knows whose life you might touch with something as simple as a kind word.
- Surround yourself with people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.
- Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
- My attitude toward graduate students was different, I must say. I used graduate students as colleagues: I gave them the best problems to work on, and I encouraged them.
- The U.S. states that allow for citizens’ initiatives tend to have fewer laws and lower taxes than the ones that don’t. But the beauty of the system is that it encourages the spread of best practice.
- Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won – and was sent to New York City to compete nationally.