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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

권고하는

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gwongohaneun

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Exhortative/ɪɡˈzɔːr.tə.tɪv/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그의 권고하는 연설은 사람들의 마음을 움직였다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Tending to exhort; intended to urge, advise, or strongly encourage someone to do something positive.

    "The principal delivered an exhortative speech to the graduating class, urging them to pursue excellence."
  2. 2

    In linguistics and grammar, expressing a call to action or a first-person plural imperative meaning 'let us'.

    "The exhortative construction in the text invites the community to unite for a common cause."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'exhortatus', past participle of 'exhortari' (to encourage thoroughly), combining 'ex-' (out, thoroughly) and 'hortari' (to urge or exhort). It entered Middle English and Renaissance scholarly vocabulary via Old French, retaining its specialized sense of conveying urgent encouragement or advice.

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