🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

격려하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gyeokryeohada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Encourage/ɪnˈkʌr.ɪdʒ/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"부모님은 항상 저를 격려해주십니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To give support, confidence, or hope to someone.

    "Her teacher encouraged her to enter the writing competition."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Old French encoragier, from en- 'in, put in' + corage 'courage'.

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