courage
US
/ɪnˈkɝːɪdʒ/
UK
/ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ/
Meaning
To give someone confidence or support to do something, or to make an action more likely.
किसी का हौसला बढ़ाना या उसे कुछ करने के लिए प्रोत्साहित करना
Examples
“Her teacher encouraged her to speak up during class.”
“We encourage customers to share their feedback.”
“A little encouragement helped him finish the race.”
Useful patterns
Word toolkit
Build natural usageWord family
Common collocations
Common mistakes
Not natural: My coach encouraged me for try again.
Better: My coach encouraged me to try again.
Use encourage someone to do something; don't use for before the verb.
किसी को कुछ करने के लिए प्रोत्साहित करने में encourage के बाद to और verb आता है, for नहीं।
Not natural: The school encouraged to students ask questions.
Better: The school encouraged students to ask questions.
Put the person or group directly after encourage, then use to before the action.
जिस व्यक्ति को प्रोत्साहित किया जा रहा है, उसे encourage के तुरंत बाद रखें; फिर काम से पहले to लगाएँ।
Word Relationships
See how this word connects to related ideas.
Target word
Learner tip
Use encourage someone to do something. Use encourage a behavior when the action, rather than a person, is the focus.
याद रखें: encourage someone to do something कहें। जब किसी व्यक्ति के बजाय व्यवहार पर ज़ोर हो, तो encourage a behavior कहें।