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encouragements

[en-kur-ij-muhnt, -kuhr-] Origin

en·cour·age·ment

[en-kur-ij-muhnt, -kuhr-]
noun
1.
the act of encouraging.
2.
the state of being encouraged.
3.
something that encourages: Praise is the greatest encouragement.

Origin:
1560–70; encourage + -ment

pre·en·cour·age·ment, noun
re·en·cour·age·ment, noun


3. praise, support, boost, lift, endorsement.

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Encouragements is always a great word to know.
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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encouragement
1560s, from encourage + -ment.
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