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exhort

/ɪɡˈzɔːt/verb

उच्चारण इग्ज़ॉर्ट

प्रबल आग्रह करना, प्रेरित करना, उत्साहपूर्वक समझाना

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verb
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    [T] ~ sb to do sth | ~ sb to sth formal

    to try hard to persuade somebody to do something, especially by urging and encouraging them

    प्रबल आग्रह करना, प्रेरित करना, उत्साहपूर्वक समझाना

    • The captain exhorted his team to fight till the last ball.
    • Gandhi exhorted the people to give up foreign cloth.
    • The principal exhorted students to work hard and stay honest.
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    • The coach exhorted the players not to give up in the final over.
    • Leaders often exhort citizens to vote on election day.

    Synonyms urge encourage press spur call on

    Opposite discourage dissuade deter warn against

◇Word family
exhortation nounexhortative adj.
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

urge encourage press spur call on

Antonyms

discourage dissuade deter warn against

AaSpelling

ex·hort

With the silent h after x (not 'exort' or 'exhaught'); pronounced /ɪɡˈzɔːt/; the noun exhortation.

x के बाद silent h ('exort' या 'exhaught' गलत है); pronunciation /ɪɡˈzɔːt/; noun exhortation।

?Which word?

Keep apart exhort (urge strongly), extort (get money by threats) and exert (use effort or influence).

Exhort (प्रबल आग्रह करना), extort (धमकी से पैसा वसूलना) और exert (प्रयास या प्रभाव डालना) को अलग रखिए।

§Grammar and usage

Exhort sb to do sth.

'exhort sb to do sth' आता है।