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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Encouragement \En*cour"age*ment\, n. [Cf. F. encouragement.]
     1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to
        practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              All generous encouragement of arts.   --Otway.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To think of his paternal care,
              Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. --Byron.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Encouragement \En*cour"age*ment\, n. [Cf. F. encouragement.]
     1. The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to
        practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
  
              All generous encouragement of arts.   --Otway.
  
     2. 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.
  
              To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet
              encouragement to prayer.              --Byron.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  encouragement
       n 1: the expression of approval and support [ant: discouragement]
       2: the act of giving hope or support to someone [syn: boost]
       3: the feeling of being encouraged

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  encouragement
     Γαλλικά n.
     η ενθάρρυνση

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  encouragement
     n.
     1 The act of encourage
     2 Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances;
  incentive

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  encouragement
     n.
     1 The act of encourage
     2 Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances;
  incentive

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  encouragement
     n.
     1 The act of encourage
     2 Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances;
  incentive

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  encouragement
     n.
     1 The act of encourage
     2 Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances;
  incentive

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  encouragement
     Ranska n.
     rohkaisu

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  encouragement
     Engelska n.
     uppmuntran

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  encouragement /ɛŋkˈʌɹɪdʒmənt/
  aanmoediging, bemoediging

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Encouragement /ɛŋkˈʌɹɪdʒmənt/
  التشجيع

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  encouragement /ɛŋkˈʌɹɪdʒmənt/
  povzbuzení

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  encouragement /ɛŋkˈʌɹɪdʒmənt/
  Anfeuerung 
        "cries of encouragement"  - Anfeuerungsrufe

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  encouragement /ɛŋkˈʌɹɪdʒmənt/
  Aufmunterung , Ermunterung , Zuspruch 
   see: encouragements
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  encouragement /ɛŋkˈʌɹɪdʒmənt/
  Ermutigung 
   see: encouragements
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  encouragement /ɛŋkˈʌɹɪdʒmənt/
  Zutun  [geh.]
        "This event wouldn't have been possible without the encouragement and support of the municipal authorities."  - Diese Veranstaltung wäre ohne Zutun der Stadtverwaltung nicht möglich gewesen.
     Synonyms: involvement, assistance, support
  
   see: without sb.s being involved
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  encouragement /ɛŋkˈʌɹɪdʒmənt/
  
  ενθάρρυνση

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  encouragement /[ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt]/ 
  rohkaisu 2.
  that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
   3.
  the act of encouraging

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  encouragement /ɛŋkˈʌɹɪdʒmənt/ 
  1. प्रोत्साहन
        "We gave encouragement to the Indian  team."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  encouragement /ɛŋkˈʌɹɪdʒmənt/
  ohrabrenje, poticaj, poticanje

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  encouragement /ɛŋkˈʌɹɪdʒmənt/
  1. bátorítás
  2. buzdítás
  3. támogatás

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  encouragement /ɛŋkˈʌɹɪdʒmənt/
  incoraggiamento

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  encouragement /[ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt]/ 
  1. 奨励
  that which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.
  2. 激励
  the act of encouraging

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  encouragement /inkʌridʒmənt/
  animación

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  encouragement /[ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt]/ 
  uppmuntran
  the act of encouraging

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  encouragement /ɑ̃kuʁaʒmˈɑ̃/
  kennerzh

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  encouragement /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.mɑ̃/ 
  Ermutigung, Ermunterung, Förderung

From français-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ell ]

  encouragement /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.mɑ̃/ 
  ενθάρρυνση

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  encouragement /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.mɑ̃/ 
  incorraggiamento

From français-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:fra-lat ]

  encouragement /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.mɑ̃/ 
  lux

From français-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-por ]

  encouragement /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.mɑ̃/ 
  acelerção

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  encouragement /ɑ̃.ku.ʁaʒ.mɑ̃/ 
  aceleramiento

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɛnˈkɝɪdʒmənt/

From IPA:fr :   [ IPA:fr ]

  

/ɑ̃kuʁaʒmɑ̃/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  84 Moby Thesaurus words for "encouragement":
     abetment, advocacy, aegis, aid, aid and comfort, animating,
     animation, assurance, auspices, backing, bait, boost, bribe, care,
     carrot, championship, charity, cheering, comfort, condolence,
     consolation, countenance, easement, emboldening, exhortation,
     exhorting, favor, fillip, fosterage, goading, goodwill, guidance,
     heartening, help, incentive, incitement, inciting, inducement,
     insistence, inspiration, inspiring, inspiriting, inspiritment,
     instance, interest, invitation, lure, needling, patronage, payment,
     pep talk, percentage, persuasive, pressing, pressure, pricking,
     prodding, profit, promoting, promotion, provocation, reassurance,
     reassuring, relief, reward, seconding, shred of comfort, solace,
     solacement, sponsorship, spur, spurring, stimulating, stimulation,
     stimulative, stimulus, support, supporting, sweetener, sweetening,
     sympathy, tutelage, urging, whet
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 鼓励,激励,奖励;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 鼓励,奖励;鼓励物,奖励物

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