To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
Infinitiveencourage
Past simpleencouraged
Past participleencouraged
-ing formencouraging
Full conjugation of the English verb to encourage (past simple encouraged,
past participle encouraged):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
encourage
you
encourage
he/she/it
encourages
we
encourage
you
encourage
they
encourage
Present continuous
I
am encouraging
you
are encouraging
he/she/it
is encouraging
we
are encouraging
you
are encouraging
they
are encouraging
Present perfect
I
have encouraged
you
have encouraged
he/she/it
has encouraged
we
have encouraged
you
have encouraged
they
have encouraged
Present perfect continuous
I
have been encouraging
you
have been encouraging
he/she/it
has been encouraging
we
have been encouraging
you
have been encouraging
they
have been encouraging
Past simple
I
encouraged
you
encouraged
he/she/it
encouraged
we
encouraged
you
encouraged
they
encouraged
Past continuous
I
was encouraging
you
were encouraging
he/she/it
was encouraging
we
were encouraging
you
were encouraging
they
were encouraging
Past perfect
I
had encouraged
you
had encouraged
he/she/it
had encouraged
we
had encouraged
you
had encouraged
they
had encouraged
Past perfect continuous
I
had been encouraging
you
had been encouraging
he/she/it
had been encouraging
we
had been encouraging
you
had been encouraging
they
had been encouraging
Future simple
I
will encourage
you
will encourage
he/she/it
will encourage
we
will encourage
you
will encourage
they
will encourage
Future continuous
I
will be encouraging
you
will be encouraging
he/she/it
will be encouraging
we
will be encouraging
you
will be encouraging
they
will be encouraging
Future perfect
I
will have encouraged
you
will have encouraged
he/she/it
will have encouraged
we
will have encouraged
you
will have encouraged
they
will have encouraged
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been encouraging
you
will have been encouraging
he/she/it
will have been encouraging
we
will have been encouraging
you
will have been encouraging
they
will have been encouraging
Conditional
Present
I
would encourage
you
would encourage
he/she/it
would encourage
we
would encourage
you
would encourage
they
would encourage
Present continuous
I
would be encouraging
you
would be encouraging
he/she/it
would be encouraging
we
would be encouraging
you
would be encouraging
they
would be encouraging
Perfect
I
would have encouraged
you
would have encouraged
he/she/it
would have encouraged
we
would have encouraged
you
would have encouraged
they
would have encouraged
Perfect continuous
I
would have been encouraging
you
would have been encouraging
he/she/it
would have been encouraging
we
would have been encouraging
you
would have been encouraging
they
would have been encouraging
Subjunctive
Present
that I
encourage
that you
encourage
that he/she/it
encourage
that we
encourage
that you
encourage
that they
encourage
Past
if I
encouraged
if you
encouraged
if he/she/it
encouraged
if we
encouraged
if you
encouraged
if they
encouraged
Imperative
Affirmative
you
encourage
we
let's encourage
Negative
you
don't encourage
we
let's not encourage
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to encourage
Perfect infinitive
to have encouraged
Present participle / gerund
encouraging
Past participle
encouraged
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