What part of speech is discourage?

Discourage can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. discourage is a verb, present, 1st person singular of discourage (infinitive).
  • 2. discourage is a verb (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does discourage mean?

Definitions

Verb

discourage - deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
discourage - admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"
discourage - try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"

Noun

discourage - Lack of courage; cowardliness.

Examples of discourage

#   Sentence  
1. verb We should discourage this practice among our youth.
2. verb Don't let this discourage you from trying it again.
3. verb I have tried to discourage him from going abroad.
4. verb She did not let failure discourage her.
5. verb Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
6. verb Let's not discourage Tom.
7. verb Tom doesn't want to discourage Mary.
8. verb They tried to discourage him from going.
9. verb Tom tried to discourage Mary from going out with John.
10. verb I've done everything possible to discourage people from doing that.
11. verb I don't want to discourage you from doing that.
12. verb Let's not discourage them.
13. verb Let's not discourage him.
14. verb Let's not discourage her.
15. verb Don't let his comments discourage you; I believe in you.
Sentence  
verb
We should discourage this practice among our youth.
Don't let this discourage you from trying it again.
I have tried to discourage him from going abroad.
She did not let failure discourage her.
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
Let's not discourage Tom.
Tom doesn't want to discourage Mary.
They tried to discourage him from going.
Tom tried to discourage Mary from going out with John.
I've done everything possible to discourage people from doing that.
I don't want to discourage you from doing that.
Let's not discourage them.
Let's not discourage him.
Let's not discourage her.
Don't let his comments discourage you; I believe in you.

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