how to pronounce encouraging

/ɛnˈkɝɪdʒɪŋ/

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encouraging is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of encouraging in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and so that's not encouraging people to …”

meanings of encouraging

adjective:

Supporting by giving encouragement.
Giving courage, confidence or hope.
Auspicious, or bringing good luck.

verb:

Present participle of encourage.

noun:

Encouragement.

encouraging frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word encouraging occurs in english on average 20.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics encouraging can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that encouraging can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;