different between encourage vs stimuli

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)

1. To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.

   I encouraged him during his race.

2. To spur on, strongly recommend.

   We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.

3. 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

1. inflection of encourager:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. singular imperative

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?st?mj?la?/, /?st?mj?li?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?st?mj??la?/

Noun

stimuli

1. plural of stimulus

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin stimul? (“I goad on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti?muli/
• Hyphenation: sti?mu?li
• Rhymes: -uli

Verb

stimuli (present stimulas, past stimulis, future stimulos, conditional stimulus, volitive stimulu)

1. to stimulate

Conjugation

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti.my.li/

Noun

stimuli m

1. plural of stimulus

Latin

Noun

stimul?

1. nominative plural of stimulus
2. genitive singular of stimulus
3. vocative plural of stimulus

Anagrams

• ultimis

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

stimuli m

1. indefinite plural of stimulus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• stimulusar

Noun

stimuli m

1. indefinite plural of stimulus

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sti.mul?]

Noun

stimuli m pl

1. plural of stimul