encourages
USin-KUR-ij-iz/ɪnˈkɝ.ɪd͡ʒ.ɪz/in-KU-rij-iz/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ.ɪz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of encourage.
The coach encourages every player to give their best effort.
A warm classroom environment encourages children to take risks in their learning.
Note
A verb form that always needs an object: every meaning of encourage is transitive, so someone or something is always being encouraged. With a person as the object it means to hearten or to urge, and it often takes a to-infinitive (she encourages him to apply). With a thing as the object it means to foster or support, and usually stands alone (the policy encourages investment).
encourages is a form of encourage
encourage, verb: To give someone mental support, courage, hope, or confidence to keep going. Full entry
- Forms
- encourageencourages he/she/itencouraging -ing formencouraged past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- encourage → encourages: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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