different between motives vs encourage

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mo?t?vz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??t?vz/

Noun

motives

1. plural of motive

Anagrams

• evomits, misvote, moves it

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /mu?ti.v?s/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mu?ti.b?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /mo?ti.ves/

Verb

motives

1. second-person singular present indicative form of motivar

French

Verb

motives

1. second-person singular present indicative of motiver
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of motiver

Anagrams

• vomîtes

Portuguese

Verb

motives

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of motivar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of motivar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?tibes/, [mo?t?i.??es]

Verb

motives

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of motivar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of motivar.

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