"encouraging" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈkɝɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-encouraging.wav Forms: more encouraging [comparative], most encouraging [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} encouraging (comparative more encouraging, superlative most encouraging)
  1. Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious. Synonyms: promising Translations (giving courage, confidence or hope): абнадзе́йлівы (abnadzjéjlivy) (Belarusian), окуражаващ (okuražavašt) (Bulgarian), encoratjador (Catalan), rohkaiseva (Finnish), lupaava (Finnish), ermutigend (German), bátorító (Hungarian), incoraggiante (Italian), rassicurante (Italian), padrąsinantis [masculine] (Lithuanian), padrąsinanti [feminine] (Lithuanian), обнадёживающий (obnadjóživajuščij) (Russian), ободри́тельный (obodrítelʹnyj) (Russian), ободря́ющий (obodrjájuščij) (Russian), misneachail (Scottish Gaelic), alentador (Spanish), esperanzador (Spanish), halagüeño (Spanish), обнаді́йливий (obnadíjlyvyj) (Ukrainian)
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  2. Supporting by giving encouragement: positively. Translations (supporting by giving encouragement): насърчителен (nasǎrčitelen) (Bulgarian), encoratjador (Catalan), rohkaiseva (Finnish), ободря́ющий (obodrjájuščij) (Russian), подба́дривающий (podbádrivajuščij) (Russian), misneachail (Scottish Gaelic), uppmuntrande (Swedish), підбадьо́рливий (pidbadʹórlyvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-encouraging-en-adj-wI1XFBc5 Disambiguation of 'supporting by giving encouragement': 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: encouragingly, encouragingness, unencouraging

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈkɝɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-encouraging.wav Forms: encouragings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} encouraging (plural encouragings)
  1. encouragement
    Sense id: en-encouraging-en-noun-oLwI8PbG

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈkɝɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-encouraging.wav
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} encouraging
  1. present participle and gerund of encourage Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: encourage
    Sense id: en-encouraging-en-verb-A9lr3rjb

Inflected forms

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      "word": "абнадзе́йлівы"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "okuražavašt",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
      "word": "окуражаващ"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
      "word": "rohkaiseva"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
      "word": "lupaava"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
      "word": "ermutigend"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
      "word": "bátorító"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
      "word": "incoraggiante"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
      "word": "rassicurante"
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      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obnadjóživajuščij",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
      "word": "обнадёживающий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obodrítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
      "word": "ободри́тельный"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obodrjájuščij",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
      "word": "ободря́ющий"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
      "word": "misneachail"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
      "word": "alentador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
      "word": "esperanzador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
      "word": "halagüeño"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "obnadíjlyvyj",
      "sense": "giving courage, confidence or hope",
      "word": "обнаді́йливий"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "word": "насърчителен"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "encoratjador"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "supporting by giving encouragement",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "supporting by giving encouragement",
      "word": "подба́дривающий"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "supporting by giving encouragement",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "supporting by giving encouragement",
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidbadʹórlyvyj",
      "sense": "supporting by giving encouragement",
      "word": "підбадьо́рливий"
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