- 1foster something to encourage something to develop synonym encourage, promote The organization's aim is to foster better relations within the community.
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- 2foster somebody 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. Topic CollocationsChildrenhaving a baby/child
- want (to have) a baby/a child/children/kids
- start a family
- conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
- miss your period
- become/get/ be/find out that you are pregnant
- have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
- have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult birth/labor
- be in/go into/induce labor
- have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
- give birth to a child/a baby/a daughter/a son/twins
- bring up/raise a child/a family
- care for/watch a baby/child/kid
- change a diaper/a baby
- nurse/feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
- be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
- go back/return to work after maternity leave
- need/find/get a babysitter/high-quality, affordable childcare/a nanny
- balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family (life)
- educate/teach/home-school a child/a kid/children
- punish/discipline/spoil a child/a kid/children
- adopt/foster a baby/a child/a kid/children
- offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
- be placed with/be raised by foster parents
foster
verbNAmE//ˈfɔstər//, NAmE//ˈfɑstər//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they foster ,
he / she / it fosters ,
past simple fostered ,
-ing form fostering ,
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