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encourage
/ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ/

encourage

🇺🇸 American English
/ɪnˈkɜrɪdʒ/
🇬🇧 British English
/ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ/
🇷🇺 Russian
[pəɐˈɕːrʲatʲ]
Meaning of encourage

to give support and confidence to someone

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Pronunciation/ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ/
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How important is this wordoften
encourage

When to use encourage

encourage someone

поощрять кого-то

encourage children

поощрять детей

encourage students

поощрять студентов

encourage growth

поощрять рост

encourage learning

поощрять обучение

encourage usage examples

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Учителя поощряют застенчивых учеников высказываться.

Teachers encourage shy students to speak up.

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Её слова поощрили меня попробовать ещё раз.

Her words encouraged me to try again.

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поощрять → ?
encourage - поощрять
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encourageпоощрять
cookготовить
changeменять
tieзавязывать
followследовать
removeубирать
feelощущаться

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How to pronounce encourage and what this word means

encourage translation: поощрять. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce encourage

/ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ/

encourage translation

поощрять

encourage examples

Teachers encourage shy students to speak up.

encourage transcription

/ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ/, /ɪnˈkɜrɪdʒ/

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encourage meaning: what does it mean?

to give support and confidence to someone

encourage pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

encourage is pronounced as /ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

encourage definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

Teachers encourage shy students to speak up. Translation: Учителя поощряют застенчивых учеников высказываться.

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