discourages
Saydis-KUR-ij-izUS/dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒɪz/UK/dɪsˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒɪz/
- 1Third-person singular present of discourage. Use this form when the subject is he, she, or it.
The teacher discourages cheating in her classroom.
Bad weather discourages many people from going outside.
Note
discourages is a form of discourage
discourage, verb: To try to talk someone out of doing something. Full entry
- Forms
- discouragediscourages he/she/itdiscouraging -ing formdiscouraged past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- discourage → discourages: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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