Foster-child

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  • 32foster — I UK [ˈfɒstə(r)] / US [ˈfɑstər] verb Word forms foster : present tense I/you/we/they foster he/she/it fosters present participle fostering past tense fostered past participle fostered * 1) [transitive] to help something to develop over a period… …

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  • 33foster — fos|ter1 [ fastər ] verb * 1. ) transitive to help something to develop over a period of time: PROMOTE: This approach will foster an understanding of environmental issues. Overuse of antibiotics may foster the spread of drug resistant bacteria. 2 …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 34foster — fos|ter1 [ˈfɔstə US ˈfa:stər] v 1.) [T] to help a skill, feeling, idea etc develop over a period of time = ↑encourage, promote ↑promote ▪ The bishop helped foster the sense of a community embracing all classes. 2.) [I and T] to take someone else… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 35foster — [[t]fɒ̱stə(r), AM fɔ͟ːst [/t]] fosters, fostering, fostered 1) ADJ: ADJ n Foster parents are people who officially take a child into their family for a period of time, without becoming the child s legal parents. The child is referred to as their… …

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  • 36foster — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to take someone else s child into your family for a period of time but without becoming their legal parent: They fostered a little Romanian boy for a few months. compare adopt (1) 2 (T) to help a skill, feeling, idea etc develop… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 37foster — v. & adj. v.tr. 1 a promote the growth or development of. b encourage or harbour (a feeling). 2 (of circumstances) be favourable to. 3 a bring up (a child that is not one s own by birth). b Brit. (of a local authority etc.) assign (a child) to be …

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  • 38Foster — v. & adj. v.tr. 1 a promote the growth or development of. b encourage or harbour (a feeling). 2 (of circumstances) be favourable to. 3 a bring up (a child that is not one s own by birth). b Brit. (of a local authority etc.) assign (a child) to be …

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  • 39foster — /ˈfɒstə / (say fostuh) verb (t) 1. to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster foreign trade. 2. to bring up or rear, as a foster child. 3. to care for or cherish. 4. to place (a child) in a foster home. 5. Obsolete to… …

  • 40foster — fosterer, n. fosteringly, adv. /faw steuhr, fos teuhr/, v.t. 1. to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas. 2. to bring up, raise, or rear, as a foster child. 3. to care for or cherish. 4. Brit. to place (a… …

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