Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - foster
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foster
(fosters, fostering, fostered) 1. 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 foster child. Little Jack was placed with foster parents... ADJ: ADJ n 2. 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: V n 3. To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop. He said that developed countries had a responsibility to foster global economic growth to help new democracies... VERB: V n
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fostor-, from fostor food, feeding; akin to Old English foda food Date: before 12th century affording, receiving, or sharing nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 12th century 1. to give parental care to ; nurture 2. to promote the growth or development of ; encourage ~ed the college in its early years • ~er noun FOSTER I. biographical name Stephen Collins 1826-1864 American songwriter II. biographical name William Zebulon 1881-1961 American Communist ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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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 fostered. 4 cherish; have affectionate regard for (an idea, scheme, etc.). --adj. 1 having a family connection by fostering and not by birth (foster-brother; foster-child; foster-parent). 2 involving or concerned with fostering a child (foster care; foster home). Derivatives fosterage n. (esp. in sense 3 of v.). fosterer n. Etymology: OE fostrian, foster, rel. to FOOD ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. воспитывать (чужого ребенка) her child was fostered —- ее ребенок был отдан на воспитание (был воспитан чужими) 2. передавать (ребенка) на воспитание (также to foster out) the child was fostered out a few times —- ребенка несколько раз передавали на воспитание чужим 3. выхаживать, ухаживать to foster the sick —- ухаживать за больными 4. лелеять, питать to foster hope —- питать надежду to foster a desire for revenge —- вынашивать мысль о мщении to foster feelings of hatred —- разжигать ненависть 5. благоприятствовать, способствовать развитию; поощрять to foster artistic talent —- способствовать развитию художественного таланта to foster smb.'s interest in smth. —- привить кому-л. интерес к чему-л. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) воспитывать, выхаживать; ходить (за детьми, больными) 2) питать (чувство); лелеять (мысль) 3) поощрять; благоприятствовать Syn: see encourage ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 v 1 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 to help a skill, feeling, idea etc develop over a period of time (These sessions are designed to foster better working relationships.) ~2 adj 1 foster mother/father/parents the people who foster a child (It is sometimes difficult to find suitable foster parents.) 2 foster child a child who is fostered 3 foster home a private home where a child is fostered ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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