cheer
give encouragement to
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,834 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,830 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- give encouragement to also: hearten, recreate, embolden
- show approval or good wishes by shouting everybody cheered the birthday boy
- cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful also: cheer up, jolly along, jolly up She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee
- become cheerful also: cheer up, chirk up
- spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts also: root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
noun
- a cry or shout of approval
- the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom also: cheerfulness, sunniness, sunshine flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room
cheer in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The town is gay, the inns are full of cheer.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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We want that cheer; we'll have it; but I've got a word first.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Why, never fell a blow; Cheer up, old wifie, ’t was a long time ago.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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Be of good cheer, and lead the King to the hill just outside the city walls.’
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Go, breathe it in the ear Of all who doubt and fear, And say to them, "Be of good cheer!"
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1