encouragement B1 Topic:People & Society US [ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt] See IPA manual Freq #12271 Meanings 1 noun Words or actions that give someone confidence and hope With a little encouragement from her coach, she finished the race. 2 noun Something that helps an activity or development to grow Lower taxes are an encouragement to small businesses. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · words or actions that give... supportboost 2 noun · something that helps an... incentive Word family Forms encouragements Derived forms disencouragementoverencouragementreencouragement Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French encoragement. encoragement Middle French View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # encouragement **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** [ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt] **Frequency rank:** 12271 ## Meanings 1. Words or actions that give someone confidence and hope 2. Something that helps an activity or development to grow ## Examples - With a little encouragement from her coach, she finished the race. - Lower taxes are an encouragement to small businesses. ## Derived Forms - disencouragement - overencouragement - reencouragement ## Roots and Affixes - Root: encoragement ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French encoragement. ## AI Etymology Encouragement is borrowed from Middle French encoragement. In current use, the main senses are “Words or actions that give someone confidence and hope” and “Something that helps an activity or development to grow”. ## Topics - People & Society markdown