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encourage
English
Alternative forms
- incourage (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English encouragen, encoragen, from Anglo-Norman encoragier, from Old French encoragier from en- +? corage "courage". Displaced native Middle English belden, bielden (“to encourage”) (from Old English bieldan (“to encourage”)), Middle English bealden, balden (“to encourage”) (from Old English bealdian (“to encourage, make bold”)), Middle English herten (“to encourage, enhearten”) (from Old English hiertan, hyrtan (“to enhearten”)), Old English elnian (“to encourage, strengthen”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?k???d?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?k???d?/
- Hyphenation: en?cour?age
Verb
encourage (third-person singular simple present encourages, present participle encouraging, simple past and past participle encouraged) (transitive)
- To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
- I encouraged him during his race.
- To spur on, strongly recommend.
- We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.
- To foster, give help or patronage
- The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed
Synonyms
- bield
- embolden
Antonyms
- becourage
- discourage
Derived terms
- encouragement
- encouraging
- encouragingly
Related terms
- courage
Translations
French
Verb
encourage
- inflection of encourager:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- singular imperative
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applaud
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin applaudere (“to clap the hands together, applaud”), from ad (“to”) + plaudere (“to strike, clap”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??pl??d/
- (US) IPA(key): /??pl?d/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /??pl?d/
- Rhymes: -??d
Noun
applaud (plural applauds)
- (obsolete) Applause; applauding.
- (obsolete) Plaudit.
Related terms
- applause
Verb
applaud (third-person singular simple present applauds, present participle applauding, simple past and past participle applauded)
- (transitive, intransitive) To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands.
- After the performance, the audience applauded for five minutes.
- (transitive, intransitive) To praise, or express approval for something or someone.
- Although we don't like your methods, we applaud your motives.
Synonyms
- beclap
Derived terms
- reapplaud
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- applaud in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- applaud in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- applaud at OneLook Dictionary Search
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