encourage
/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.45 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I encouraged him during his race."
- "Delia's coach encouraged her to focus on the positives."
- "The visitors we do not encourage are the many small boys who slip in unobserved and are a danger to themselves and the staff."
- ""It's a lose-lose situation. It can be turned into a win-win. We should be encouraging and supporting expensive bi-mode freight locomotives, especially where capacity is constrained."
- "We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre."
- "We encourage you to cycle instead of taking the car."
Etymology
From Middle English encouragen, encoragen, from Anglo-Norman encoragier, from Old French encoragier. Displaced native Old English hiertan, tyhtan, and trymman. By surface analysis, en- + courage.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: encouragen, encoragier