"encouragement" meaning in All languages combined

See encouragement on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: [ɪnˈkʌrɪd͡ʒmənt] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-encouragement.wav [UK] Forms: encouragement [singular], encouragements [plural]
Etymology: encourage + -ment Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|encourage|ment}} encourage + -ment Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. You give encouragement to someone to help motivate them or make them feel better about something.
    Sense id: simple-encouragement-en-noun-fEFKC1P3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ment
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