Encouragement
[ɪn'kʌrɪdʒm(ə)nt] or [ɪn'kɝɪdʒmənt]
Definition
(noun.) the expression of approval and support.
(noun.) the feeling of being encouraged.
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Definition
(n.) The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
(n.) 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.
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Examples
- Miss Ophelia and the physician alone felt no encouragement from this illusive truce. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- When he had spoken some sound words of sympathy and encouragement, we sat down to consider the question, What was to be done? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Butthat he should talk of encouragement, should consider her as aware of his views, accepting his attentions, meaning (in short), to marry him! Jane Austen. Emma.
- Those fisheries, upon this account, have had all the encouragement which freedom can give them, and they have flourished accordingly. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I asked him why he talked so; and he said he would talk so no more, and cheered me again with the kindest encouragement. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A smile, a frown, a rebuke, a word of warning or encouragement, all involve some physical change. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Those few words, coming from such a man, were of the greatest possible encouragement to Bell. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- At first my face was so strange to me that I think I should have put my hands before it and started back but for the encouragement I have mentioned. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then, amid cheers of encouragement from the immense throng that was watching, he turned sharply past the starting-tower and flew between the flags that marked the starting-line. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Well, papa, if this is not encouragement to marry, I do not know what is. Jane Austen. Emma.
- But even this encouragement failed, for he would go; and Lucy, who would have outstaid him, had his visit lasted two hours, soon afterwards went away. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Fortified by such encouragement, he could venture to say Humbug; and now Bar's mind was relieved. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Well, if you give me such kind encouragement, Mr. Elton, I believe I shall try what I can do. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Happily Lydgate had ended by losing in the billiard-room, and brought away no encouragement to make a raid on luck. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And she got encouragement in it from hearing that I was always here, which was done a-purpose. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They are generally obliged, therefore, to content themselves with petitioning for certain encouragements to exportation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The value of children is the greatest of all encouragements to marriage. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Of these encouragements, what are called drawbacks seem to be the most reasonable. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But some of those little attentions and encouragements which ladies can so easily give will fix him, in spite of himself. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I should lose some of the best recollections, best encouragements, and best objects, that I carry through my daily life. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The same annuity, and the same encouragements of all kinds, were given to the trade of those inferior chambers as to that of the great company. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I'll tell you more,' said Fagin, after he had reassured the girl, by dint of friendly nods and muttered encouragements. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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