foster
US: /ˈfɑstɝ/
UK: /fˈɒstɐ/
UK: /fˈɒstɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
foster /'fɔstə/
- ngoại động từ
- nuôi dưỡng, nuôi nấng
- to foster a child: nuôi nấng một đứa trẻ
- bồi dưỡng
- to foster musical ability: bồi dưỡng khả năng về nhạc
- ấp ủ, nuôi
- to foster hopes for success: ấp ủ hy vọng thắng lợi
- thuận lợi cho (điều kiện)
- khuyến khích, cỗ vũ
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) nâng niu; yêu quí
- nuôi dưỡng, nuôi nấng
Advanced English dictionary
verb, adjective
+ verb
1 [VN] (written) to encourage sth to develop: The club's aim is to foster better relations within the community.
2 (especially BrE) to take another person's child into your home for a period of time, without becoming his or her legal parents: [VN] They have fostered over 60 children during the past ten years. + [V] We couldn't adopt a child, so we decided to foster.
Compare: ADOPT
+ adjective [only before noun] used with some nouns in connection with the fostering of a child: a foster mother / father / family + foster parents + a foster child + a foster home + foster care
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 promote, encourage, stimulate, further, forward, advance, cultivate, nurture, nourish, support, back, assist, help, aid, succour, patronize:
Cutting back these offshoots fosters growth of the main stem. Representatives have fostered acceptance of our products throughout Europe.
2 bring up, rear, raise, take care of, maintain, care for:
The Cartwrights have fostered eight orphans in their home.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
carefully, deliberately
The school has carefully fostered its progressive image.
| energetically
VERB + FOSTER
help (to) | be designed to
Concise English dictionary
fosters|fostered|fostering'fɑstə(r) ,'fɔ- /'fɒs-
noun
+United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)
verb
+promote the growth of
+bring up under fosterage; of children
+help develop, help grow
adj.
+providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
