fostering
Meaning of fostering
- 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-.
Information about fostering
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of fostering is: fosterings.
- Languages in which fostering is used:
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Hyphenation of fostering
fos-ter-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- fostering is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
fostering synonyms
Meaning fosterage:
Meaning breeding:
breeding, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing
Meaning stimulate the development of (an activity, state, or belief):
Meaning support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of:
Meaning help the progress or development of (something); promote:
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):
fostering antonyms
Meaning fail to care for properly:
Meaning forcibly put an end to:
Meaning end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it:
Anagrams of fostering
Words that rhyme with fostering
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