"discourage" meaning in English

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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Terms prefixed with dis-",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
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  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "dis",
        "2": "courage"
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      "expansion": "dis- + courage",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "dis- + courage",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "discourage",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "discourages",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "discouraged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "discouraged",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "discouraging",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "discourag",
        "2": "e"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "dis‧cour‧age",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "encourage"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The government's plan is to discourage the people from owning cars."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If someone discourages you, they are persuading you to not to do something."
      ],
      "id": "simple-discourage-en-verb-WYJdcOwr"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪsˈkʌrɪd͡ʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-discourage.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "discourage"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "dis",
        "2": "courage"
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      "expansion": "dis- + courage",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "dis- + courage",
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    {
      "form": "discourage",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "discourages",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "discouraged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "discouraged",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "discouraging",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "discourag",
        "2": "e"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "dis‧cour‧age",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "encourage"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The government's plan is to discourage the people from owning cars."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If someone discourages you, they are persuading you to not to do something."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪsˈkʌrɪd͡ʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-discourage.ogg",
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      ],
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        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "discourage"
}