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- Dictionaryfoster/ˈfɒstə/
verb
- 1. encourage the development of (something, especially something desirable): "the teacher's task is to foster learning" Similar Opposite
- 2. bring up (a child that is not one's own by birth): "a person who would foster Holly was found" Similar
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FOSTER definition: 1. to take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child's legal parent: 2…. Learn more.
The meaning of FOSTER is having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for. How to use foster in a sentence.
If you foster a child, you take it into your family for a period of time, without becoming its legal parent. She has since gone on to find happiness by fostering more than 100 children. [ VERB noun ]
FOSTER meaning: 1. to take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child's legal parent: 2…. Learn more.
To foster is to nurture something. A teacher could foster creativity by providing crayons to every student. You can also foster a child, which means the child lives in your home for a time.
Foster definition: to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage. See examples of FOSTER used in a sentence.
[transitive, intransitive] foster (somebody) (especially British English) to take another person’s child into your home for a period of time, without becoming his or her legal parents They have fostered over 60 children during the past ten years.
foster - providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; "foster parent"; "foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father"
FOSTER definition: 1. to encourage a particular feeling, situation, or idea to develop: 2. to look after a child as…. Learn more.
If you foster a child, you take him or her into your family as a foster child. American English : foster / ˈfɔstər / Arabic : يَتَبَنَّى يتبنى
