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encourage in English:

1. promote promote


Fresh vegetables promote health.
This would help us promote your products in the most effective way.
This initiative strives to promote writing in Occitan.
The best way for adjusting the gap between the internal and the external price and securing economic growth is to promote the non-manufacturing industry's productivity by aggressive investing in facilities.
So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, and who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity.
In Shogi, silver generals, lances, knights, and pawns all promote to gold generals.
Although military drones are promoted to the public as bloodless and precise types of war machines, they can be disturbingly deadly.
Your task is to promote our offer. // She has been promoted to managerial post.
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The Alliance Française's mission is to promote the French language throughout the world.
if someone is promoted in the organization they work for, they are given a better and more important job
I'm afraid that I will never be promoted.

English word "encourage"(promote) occurs in sets:

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2. courage courage


Face adversity with courage.
I plucked up the courage and confessed that it was all my fault.
The lion is often used as a symbol of courage.
Anyone who really wishes to apply themselves to the freedom of mankind must have the courage to face the truth, regardless how bitter it may be.
To save the world requires faith and courage: faith in reason, and courage to proclaim what reason shows to be true.
The teacher often emphasizes that students should have courage.
Aristotle said: "Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others."
Your courage will come out in a crisis.
His courage impressed me enough for me to trust him.
His courage will carry him through this difficult job.
What I looked up to in Shota was not his 'strength'. It was his heroic courage to put his life on the line to carry out his convictions.
My courage failed me at the crucial moment.
Old and crippled, he had courage enough to do the work.
Even though I really want to know his name, I don't have enough courage, and I'm afraid to go ask.
Had it not been for your courage, we would have been killed.

English word "encourage"(courage) occurs in sets:

SŁOWOTWÓRSTWO rzeczowniki ->czasowniki

3. foster foster


He adopted a war orphan and is bringing her up as a foster daughter.
This song was written by Foster.
foster mutual bonds
Marelyn said she talked to her mother by phone from a foster care home in Michigan. Foster parents.
Relations between the two countries have been fostered by official visits and trade delegations
New ways of teaching children will foster creativity and innovation.
It would also benefit the environment, reduce hunger, and foster international cooperation and goodwill.
China hopes newly elected Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will foster new progress in the country’s national construction
Health and gaiety foster beauty.
The growth of the Internet could foster economic development worldwide.
I ​try to foster an ​appreciation for ​classical ​music in my ​students. They were ​discussing the ​best way to foster ​democracy and ​prosperity in the ​former ​communist ​countries.
foster = promote = support
The current political situation fosters emigration of people to western countries.
The children are involved in a group work which fosters learning and collaboration.
Florence Foster Jenkins was one of the greatest sopranos of the world.

4. to persuade someone to do something



5. to do


What are you planning to do now?
You need to do it.
to do the report
I like to do cleaning in the cellar.
Stop telling me what to do.

6. to try to give someone the courage or confidence to do something



7. encouragement


Your words of encouragement meant a lot to me.
In spite of our encouragement, he decided to throw in the towel.
She didn't utter a single word of encouragement.
Instead of shouting at him you could say a word of encouragement from time to time.
This encouragement must come from the high authorities
Children need lots of encouragement from their parents.
"We needed you there to offer words of encouragement."
The family should be a place of relief, support and encouragement for its members
Give your child lots of encouragement.
Her whispered words of encouragement will never comfort me.
In this situation support and encouragement from the family turns out to be an important social resource.
Some companies use bonuses as an encouragement to their staff to work harder.
Without your encouragement, I should have given up the plan.
Your encouragement will draw her out.

English word "encourage"(encouragement) occurs in sets:

word formation

8. to try to make someone do something by helping them to feel confident or by making it easier



English word "encourage"(to try to make someone do something by helping them to feel confident or by making it easier) occurs in sets:

new opportunities - intermediate

9. urge


My legs were feeling great so after two laps I felt the urge to run faster
All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive.
He urged a revolution
Don't urge me, I'll do it when I'm ready. (Nie popędzaj mnie, zrobię to, kiedy będę gotow
The day after tomorrow I will urge my mother to leave an allowance of 10000 yen at my disposal.
The convenience store was overflowing with girls, I didn't have the urge to push my way through them and went home as I was.
Lawyers will urge the parents to take further legal action. Investigators urged that safety procedures at the site should be improved.
l am troubled, Creator -- 236 00:08:25,605 --> 00:08:29,006 troubled by a sudden urge to collect princesses.
1. He had an urge to look at them up close2. His wife has been urging him to get out of the business, too.
At the public enquiry, the council members were urged to reconsider their plans to demolish the old building.
I urge everyone who is wavering about getting married to get married.
He urged that the communication between the departments should be improved.
Weather officials in Tallahassee warned of the risk of a flash floods and urged people in the city to move to higher ground.
I had the urge yesterday to bake a big chocolate cake, so I went and bought all the ingredients.
The urge to brag on his recent successes was irresistible.

10. motivate


The teachers are trying to motivate their students.
There are a number of different views as to what motivates workers.
A good school should motivate its pupils to learn.
What are selfish or greedy pepople motivate by?
I find it hard to motivate myself in the mornings.
Their teacher really knows how to motivate them.
He makes me happy and motivates me
It's difficult to motivate teenagers.
Try to motivate kids with verbal praise.

English word "encourage"(motivate) occurs in sets:

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11. inspire


she inspired me
We need someone who can inspire the team.
We may give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.
Asian religions inspire him to create splendid sculptures.
"his philosophy inspired a later generation of environmentalists"
He was inspired by the beauty of nature.
It inspires us to...
The university professor inspired her to write a book.
I’ve been listening to music to inspire me.
His tough family background inspired him.
She inspired many young people to take up the sport.
inspired by his book, I painted this picture
After her trip to Venezuela, she felt inspired to learn Spanish.
I hope it inspires people to leave the coast and find out what the real Australia is all about.
How can video games inspire us to make better applications for e-learning?

12. to persuade somebody to do something



13. to be relation better



14. encouraging


Dad's always encouraging him.
The most encouraging thing was that I received a lot of positive feedback from the therapist.
Our tutors were very encouraging and gave us lots of feedback.
All right! Everybody around me is so encouraging I'm getting a rush of motivation.
The report is not encouraging sales wise.
the feedbaqck wasn't very encouraging
The results of the study are encouraging.
That would be a positive and encouraging signal.
Office Angels is encouraging people to arrive on time for meetings, turn off mobile phones and avoid bad language.
His words were so encouraging that she decided to have lunch with him.
Third, it means encouraging people to think about the future.
You might sound a bit more encouraging!
Despite the problems, the company said it had seen an encouraging start to the year.
Cops called, and they're encouraging us
I want to draw your attention toward last quarter's results which are very encouraging.

15. sb to do



English word "encourage"(sb to do) occurs in sets:

Reported speech

16. support


Why do you insist on paying for your school expenses yourself, when your parents are willing to give you financial support?
support group
And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices.
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama.
Over seven years ago, the United States pursued al Qaeda and the Taliban with broad international support. We did not go by choice, we went because of necessity.
The Bank of Japan is considered to have conducted a support buying of an estimated $1 billion on the Tokyo foreign exchange market.
In order to prevent a further drop of the Japanese currency, the Bank of Japan intervened in the market to support it at around 150 yen to the dollar.
In conclusion, Ahn, it very much falls to you and me to set the tone for the work environment. I will do my bit to defuse the present climate and crack on with the job at hand. I hope I can rely on your support for this.
It seems as if dishonorable, labyrinthine, deliberately confusing economic policies have earned more support from the president than every physical and mental disability combined.
There are merits and demerits to both your opinions so I'm not going to decide right away which to support.
Lojban is designed to be unambiguous in orthography, phonology, morphology, and grammar. Lojban semantics, however, must support the same breadth of human thought as natural languages.
I totally understand why you say that. It’s frightening how many people our world has to support.
On the other hand, there seem to be those among young folk who, while touching on Buddhism, have started to think of it as a vital spiritual support.
You need to earn about $1000 a month to support a family in this country. The government in this country has a lot of support from the population.

English word "encourage"(support) occurs in sets:

Lesson 1 Eng-Eng

17. to talk or behave in a way that gives someone confidence to do something



18. convince


To be convinced
You can talk until you're blue in the face, but you'll never convince me.
Though Tom's English seems quite good at times, he doesn't seem to know his limitations and it's impossible to convince him that he's wrong when he makes a mistake.
No matter how much you try to convince people that chocolate is vanilla, it'll still be chocolate, even though you may manage to convince yourself and a few others that it's vanilla.
Whoever wants to marry her must first convince her father.
The Christian Religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one. Mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity.
I sat down to translate the sentence shown on the main page into my native language, and half an hour and two dozen sentences later I had to convince myself to stop.
There's no way to convince him. He absolutely insists that the only way to solve the problem is his way.
And we try to convince ourselves -- we really try to convince ourselves they're wrong.
All the time, I try to convince my friends to stop playing games. It is so detrimental to health!
Your goal for the party tonight is to convince Wendy you're a mature guy.
Trump is trying to convince men they are the ‘true victims’ of #MeToo movement
​ B1 to persuade someone to do something namawiać [+ to do sth] I convinced her to go to the doctor's.
But if you said to them: "The planet he came from is Asteroid B-612," then they would be convinced, and leave you in peace from their questions.
If my parents punished me for something I didn't do, I would tell them the truth and try to convince them of my innocence.

19. to give someone the confidence to do something



English word "encourage"(to give someone the confidence to do something) occurs in sets:

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20. somebody to do



English word "encourage"(somebody to do) occurs in sets:

verb patterns

21. invite


invite to
On the one hand I called you to invite you to dinner, on the other to tell you my son is getting married.
In order to have an idea of our current projects, we invite you to visit [url].
In Harbin, many people invite me to their homes to have dinner.
I don't have a stamp collection, but I have a Japanese postcard collection that I could use as an excuse to invite her.
If you meet the Orleanu sisters, invite them to Ruxandra's birthday. And don't forget their brother.
If Jane's mother were in Japan, I could invite her to the Doll's Festival.
I had an argument with my sister about whom to invite.
I feel a little guilty that I didn't invite him to join the celebration.
In which case, I was also requested to invite all of you so if you would please accompany me...
Would you like to come out to dinner with me? He invited m to go out to dinner with him.
My cousin Greg is never invited to our family parties and meetings
to ask someone to come to a social event zapraszać They've invited us to the wedding.
... a day that invites people to think about their eco-sins.
The boy stated that he would give a bouquet of roses to the girl that he liked, talk with her, and invite her to have a coffee.

22. somebody to do something



English word "encourage"(somebody to do something) occurs in sets:

Verb patterns

23. try to persuade



English word "encourage"(try to persuade) occurs in sets:

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24. encourage


Networking sites may encourage us to invent details about our social lives.
we were encourage
American industry makes various attempts to find and encourage brilliant students from abroad.
Please refrain from posts that might encourage conflict.
Reading science fiction sometimes does much to encourage a scientific view of the universe.
the passage encouraged me to put away the old personality and to put on the new personality which was created according to God 's will.
to give someone the courage or confidence to do something. I want to thank everyone who has encouraged and supported me.
talk or behave in a way that makes somebody else more confident to do something; My friend encouraged me to write a novel.
In some companies, like Google and the Huffington Post, workplace naps are positively encouraged. They're seen as a way to make staff more productive.
Programs to encourage economic development include investment subsidies
The UK government is currently studying how to encourage people to change their eating habits.
module 2 is designed to encourage studens to prepare systems that will
It’s meant to encourage debate about the treatment of people with disabilities
My parents have always encouraged me in my choice of career. Banks actively encouraged people to borrow money.
It is imperative that we should encourage participatory forms of decision-making.

English word "encourage"(encourage) occurs in sets:

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25. object to


I must object to this idea
I object to you smoking here.

English word "encourage"(object to) occurs in sets:

Gerunds and infinitives

26. cheer on



27. to make someone more likely to do something or to make something more likely