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Plural of encouragement

regular plural

The plural of encouragement is encouragements.

Forms of encouragement

Singularencouragement [ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt]
Pluralencouragements
Countablecountable and uncountable

Encouragements in a sentence

  • I might also add that favour or foedom do not concern us, no matter the shadowy tendency of your encouragements.2018, Benjamin Swan, immaculate. From the entry foedom
  • In the leading article in this week's Publishers' Weekly a poet utters the complaints and defines the encouragements to be found in a materialistic world by its unthanked songsters.1932 April 9, Isidor Schneider, “Hard Luck Of Poets”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2026. From the entry songster

Meaning of encouragement

  1. noun The act of encouraging.
  2. noun Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances; incentive.
  3. noun Words or actions that increase someone's confidence.

Full definition of encouragement

Questions about the plural of encouragement

What is the plural of encouragement?
The plural of encouragement is encouragements.
Is encouragement countable?
Encouragement is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: encouragement (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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