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encouragement

noun
/ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French encoragement.

  1. borrowed from encoragement

Definitions

  1. The act of encouraging

  2. Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances

    Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances; incentive

    • The train was handed over 21 min. late at Salisbury, so there was every encouragement to Driver Moore, of Salisbury, to "get a move on."

  3. Words or actions that increase someone's confidence

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The feeling of being encouraged

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at encouragement. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01encouragement02confidence03information04provides05provide06prepare07equip08supply09keep10uphold

A definitional loop anchored at encouragement. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at encouragement

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA