encouragingсуществительное Gerund use: ‘encouraging’ functions as an uncountable noun meaning the act or process of giving encouragement.
Определения
The act or process of giving support, confidence, or hope; the action of encouraging. She needs a lot of encouraging before she'll perform on stage.
encourageгерундий или причастие настоящего времени Used when the present participle 'encouraging' functions as an adjective, e.g. 'an encouraging result'.
Определения
Giving hope, confidence, or optimism. The preliminary findings were encouraging.