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encourage
Verb
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If you encourage someone, you make them feel that they want to, or can, do something.
We're trying to encourage more people to give money to the hospital.
I encouraged my son to audition for the school play.
It will be difficult, but I'm encouraged by our success so far.
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If mathx/math encourages mathy/math, mathx/math makes mathy/math more likely to happen.
The water encourages the breakdown of the wood.
trade
Verb
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When two people trade, one gives something to the other and the other gives something to the first one. They make an exchange. Sometimes money is one of the things.
trade
Noun
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Trade is the buying and selling of goods.
Trade between Canada and the US is at its highest level in years.
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A trade is the act of trading.
I think I made a good trade.
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A trade is a job that needs a special skill to do.
The carpenters trade involves making things from wood.
He went to trade school to become a plumber.