(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
To ~ someone to do something means to make them decide to do it.
Japan’s recession has ~ed consumers to cut back on buying cars...
The need for villagers to control their own destinies has ~ed a new plan.
VERB: V n to-inf, V n
2.
If you ~ someone when they stop speaking, you encourage or help them to continue. If you ~ an actor, you tell them what their next line is when they have forgotten what comes next.
‘Go on,’ the therapist ~ed him...
How exactly did he ~ her, Mr Markham?
VERB: V with quote, V n
3.
A ~ action is done without any delay.
It is not too late, but ~ action is needed.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
4.
If you are ~ to do something, you do it without delay or you are not late.
You have been so ~ in carrying out all these commissions...
ADJ: v-link ADJ