English / word
exhort
verb C2MEANING IN ENGLISH
to strongly encourage or urge someone to do something
In context
01
The community leader exhorted the youth to resist drugs and stay in school.
02
The teacher exhorted the students to study harder.
Synonyms
urge,encourage,admonish
Antonyms
discourage,dissuade,deter
Collocations
exhort someone to,exhort the crowd,exhort the team
Verb forms
Past: exhorted · Past participle: exhorted · -ing: exhorting