encourage definition

encourage means to carefully consider or take into account.
encourage means to influence, promote, support, oppose, or seek to modify, alter, amend, or delay any recommendation, action, or decision of the County Commission, the Mayor, any County board or committee, or any County personnel.
encourage means to spur on, stimulate, or foster. Note: mere factual reporting of controversial issues shall not be considered encouragement.

Examples of encourage in a sentence

  • Encourage students to benefit from the curriculum and extracurricular programs.

  • Encourage present minority and female employees to recruit other minority persons and women and, where reasonable, provide after school, summer and vacation employment to minority and female youth both on the site and in other areas of a Contractor's work force.

  • Encourage present minority and female employees to recruit other minorities and women, and where reasonable, provide after school, summer, and vaca- tion employment to minority and female youth both on the site and in other areas of the Contractor’s work force.

  • Encourage contracting with a consortium of DBEs when a contract is too large for one of these firms to handle individually.

  • Encourage present minority and female employees to recruit other minority persons and women and, where reasonable, provide after school, summer and vacation employment to minority and female youth both on the site and in other areas of a Contractor’s workforce.


More Definitions of encourage

encourage means? Are -- are there -- is it
encourage means suggest, advise, pressure, induce, attempt to induce, prompt, or otherwise influence.
encourage means to promote or foster using some combination of voluntary approaches, regulations, or incentives.
encourage means that the IAEG is non-binding52. An IAEG where a member state commits to cooperate or exchange information is technically binding, but there are challenges to evaluate and enforce cooperation. However, cooperation can be triggered when a state commits to finance an IAEG.
encourage means to give help, aid or provide incentives; to foster or stimulate.
encourage means to spur on, stimulate, or foster.
encourage education by “all suitable means.” Nev. Const. art. 11, § 1 (emphasis added).