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Noun fostering has 2 senses
- fostering, fosterage - encouragement; aiding the development of something
--1 is a kind of encouragement
- breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing - raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
--2 is a kind of socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation
Verb foster has 3 senses
- foster, further - promote the growth of; "Foster our children's well-being and education"
--1 is one way to promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- foster - bring up under fosterage; of children
--2 is one way to rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- foster, nurture - help develop, help grow; "nurture his talents"
--3 is one way to encourage
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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