Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.

    We were cheered by the offer of a cup of tea.

    aufheitern, erfreuen, aufmuntern

    become cheerful

  2. (transitive)To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.

  3. (ambitransitive)To applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts.

    The crowd cheered in support of the athletes.

    The crowd cheered the athletes.

    jubeln, bejubeln, jauchzen

    аплоди́роватьaplodírovatʹ, приве́тствоватьprivétstvovatʹ, поощря́тьpooščrjátʹ

  4. (figuratively, transitive)To feel or express enthusiasm for (something).

    The finance sector will cheer this decision.

    cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful

  5. (obsolete, transitive)To encourage to do something.

    spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

Examples

394 sentences

  1. We tried to cheer Tom up.

    Ми спробували підбадьорити Тома. — deniko

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  2. I cheered myself up by listening to music.

    Я підняв собі настрій, послухавши музику. — deniko

    deIch heiterte mich durch Musikhören auf. — xtofu80

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  3. We tried to cheer him up by taking him out.

    Ми спробували пожвавити його, вивозячи прогулятись. — ChickenKiev

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  4. Tom was obviously trying to cheer Mary up.

    Том, очевидно, намагався підбадьорити Мері. — miketheknight

    deTom wollte Maria offensichtlich aufmuntern. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Tom cheered Mary on.

    Том підбадьорив Мері. — deniko

    ruТом подбодрял Мэри. — marafon

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to make cheerful:
to applaud or encourage with cheers or shouts:

Origin

From Middle English chere, from Anglo-Norman chere, from Old French chiere (“head, face; a

From Middle English chere, from Anglo-Norman chere, from Old French chiere (“head, face; appearance; reception, hospitality; meal, dinner, food”) (Modern French chère), from Late Latin cara (“head”).

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Forms

cheers, cheering, cheered, cheered
Base formcheer · to cheer
3rd person singularcheers
Present participlecheering
Past simplecheered
Past participlecheered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycheer
he, she, itcheers

Past simpleLesson

all personscheered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cheered
he, she, ithas cheered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cheer

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

134 synonyms
brightA1fetchB1cherishB1contentB1delightB2elevateC1exhilarateC1gayB1happyA1pleaseB1comfortB1consoleB2sootheB1animateB2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

11 antonyms
boojeergirdjibelaugh atscoffC1scornC1sneerB2hecklejeer at
complain

Word family

11 related words
Relatedcheeringcheerer
Derivedcheerablecheer-offcheer oncheerscheer shipcheer upcheeryoutcheerupcheer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

4 patterns
  • trying to cheer
  • able to cheer
  • want to cheer
  • people cheering

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cheekyB2cheepcheerfulB1cheerfullyB2cheerfulnessB2cheerily

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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