foster
Meaning of foster
- encourage the development of (something, especially something desirable).
the teacher's task is to foster learning
- bring up (a child that is not one's own by birth).
a person who would foster Holly was found
Old English fōstrian ‘feed, nourish’, from fōster ‘food, nourishment’, of Germanic origin; related to food. The sense ‘bring up another's (originally also one's own) child’ dates from Middle English. See also foster-.
combining form, prefix- denoting someone that has a specified family connection through fostering.
foster-parent
foster-child
foster-father, foster-mother, foster-child, and foster-brother all date from Old English. Foster-mother has also been used to mean a wet nurse, her husband being foster-father to the child she fed, and a foster-brother or -sister one reared at the same breast.
Information about foster
- The plural form of foster is: fosters.
- Languages in which foster is used:
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Hyphenation of foster
fos-ter
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- foster is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
foster synonyms
Meaning surrogate:
Meaning Foster:
Meaning further:
Meaning nurture:
Meaning stimulate the development of (an activity, state, or belief):
Meaning support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of:
Meaning raise levels of physiological or nervous activity in (the body or any biological system):
Meaning make or cause to make progress:
Meaning help to advance (something); promote:
Meaning try to acquire or develop (a quality or skill):
Meaning make or become stronger:
Meaning improve or enhance the quality or value of:
Meaning make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources:
Meaning help or support (someone or something) in the achievement of something:
Meaning encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime:
Meaning help by providing money or information:
Meaning bear all or part of the weight of; hold up:
Meaning declare one's public approval or support of:
Meaning vigorously support or defend the cause of:
Meaning advocate or promote (a belief or course of action):
Meaning provide funds for (a project or activity or the person carrying it out):
Meaning adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life):
Meaning confirm or support (something which has been questioned):
Meaning give financial, material, or moral support to:
Meaning help or encourage (something) to increase or improve:
Meaning make (an action or process) easy or easier:
Meaning the back part of something, especially a building or vehicle:
Meaning bring up (a child):
Meaning bring up (a child) with care and affection:
Meaning be or act as a parent to (a child):
foster antonyms
Meaning fail to care for properly:
Meaning forcibly put an end to:
Meaning end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it:
Translation of foster
- Spanish: promover
- Italian: promuovere
Anagrams of foster
fetors, Forest, forest, forset, fortes, fstore, Retsof, softer
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