verb · formal
hearten
UK/ˈhɑːt(ə)n/US/ˈhɑrtən/HEART·en
Band 6-7task2speaking
to encourage or give someone renewed hope or confidence
Examples
“I was heartened by the positive response from the community.”
“The early success of the pilot program heartened the researchers.”
“She was heartened to see more people volunteering.”
Band 8 sentence
“The community was heartened by the swift humanitarian response after the earthquake.”
Collocations
- be heartened by
- hearten sb
Word family
to hearten / heartens / heartened / heartening verbheartened adjective (past participle used adjectivally)
Common mistakes
to be heartening for me→I was heartened / it was heartening
hearten up→hearten
Say it for a higher band
5feel hopeful→6encourage→7+hearten
Synonyms
encourage
bolster
Easily confused
encourage
“The teacher encouraged the students to continue their studies.”
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