how to pronounce encouragement
/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪdʒ.mənt/
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encouragement is pronounced in four syllables
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An example use of encouragement in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… have given me encouragement on my walk …”
meaning of encouragement
Encouragement is the act of supporting or helping someone to do something.
encouragement frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR
the word encouragement occurs in english on average 15 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics encouragement 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 encouragement can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
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