поощри́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• encourage verb To give someone confidence, support, or hope.
• reward noun Something given in return for good behaviour, effort, or service.

Senses

поощри́ть is used for these senses in English:

• encourage To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
• encourage To spur on, strongly recommend.
• incent (transitive, US) To provide an incentive to (a person or organization).
• reward (transitive) To give a reward to or for.

reward — full definition

1. noun Something given in return for good behaviour, effort, or service.
2. verb To give someone something in recognition of what they have done.

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