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foster Definition

fos·ter (fôstər, fäs-)

transitive verb

  1. to bring up with care; rear
  2. to help to grow or develop; stimulate; promote to foster discontent
  3. to cling to in one's mind; cherish foster a hope

Etymology: ME fostren < OE fostrian, to nourish, bring up < fostor, food, nourishment < base of foda, food

adjective

  1. having the standing of a specified member of the family, though not by birth or adoption, and giving, receiving, or sharing the care appropriate to that standing foster parent, foster brother
  2. designating or relating to such care

foster Related Forms

fos·terer noun

Foster Definition

Fos·ter (fôstər, fäs-)

  1. Foster, Stephen Collins 1826-64; U.S. composer of songs

  2. Foster, William Z(ebulon) 1881-1964; U.S. Communist Party leader

foster Synonyms

foster

v.

  1. To support

    cherish, nurse, nourish, rear; see raise 2.

  2. To harbor

    encourage, nurture, cultivate, further; see promote 1.

foster Usage Examples

Object

  • co-operation: The Plan also encouraged joint assessments of needs and joint requests for aid to foster regional co-operation between recipients.
  • entrepreneurship: Enterprise Specialist Schools will foster entrepreneurship and act as centers of expertise in the teaching of economics and business in parallel with enterprise.
  • collaboration: The new program will also support networks to foster collaboration between researchers.
  • cooperation: Its aim is to foster cooperation on the growing number of transborder crimes.
  • appreciation: This will foster a global appreciation that we are no longer isolated islands at the mercy of climate changes.
  • creativity: Weaving his personal journey with his revelations about Chinese education, Gardner plows new ground for thinking about and fostering creativity.

Preposition: by

government: Unfortunately, there are also signs of increasing popular nationalism and racial tensions, fostered by both governments and some union leaders.

Modifies a noun

  • carer: Being a foster carer involves caring for a child in your own home.
  • carers: Foster carers never try to replace a child's parents, they are helping their families to reunite.
  • parent: From around 1900, the union increasingly placed pauper children in small cottage homes or boarded out with foster parents.
  • vp: Political economy of also eligible Washington Department of Labor and Industries for foster vp the physicians get.
  • placement: Prior to this I was living in a foster placement.
  • mother: Doctors have to manage mothers and fathers, social workers, medical students and foster mothers.

Modifying Another Word

  • privately: Children are privately fostered for a variety of reasons.
  • actively: We need to make an effort to start schemes ourselves, and get local authorities actively fostering and encouraging community wind power.
  • carefully: Yet the impression of a clear antagonism between church and state which emerges from the last years of the war is carefully fostered.
  • rather: Can we really trust learners regardless of their skills level to provide evaluation that will foster rather than misguide and thus hinder learning?
  • also: It is also fostered by the fear of this great unknown called death.
  • about: For more information about fostering please contact the Family Placement Team.

Present participle complement

learn: It fosters learning opportunities for people: " nurturing their social, emotional, cognitive and physical development.

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