relating to fostering a child. A child who is looked after in someone else’s home for a period of time is called a foster child, and the people who look after the child are called foster parents
She had a goodrelationship with her foster mother.
foster care
foster home/family:
Both children have been placed with foster families.
Synonyms and related words
Adoption and caring for other people’s children
adopt
adopted
adopter
foster
adjectiveonly before noun
US /ˈfɑstər/
Other entries for this word
fosterverb
DEFINITIONS1
1
relating to fostering a child. A child who is taken care of in someone else’s home for a period of time is called a foster child, and the people who take care of the child are called foster parents
She had a goodrelationship with her foster mother.
foster care
foster home/family:
Both children have been placed with foster families.
Synonyms and related words
Adoption and caring for other people’s children
adopt
adopted
adopter
foster
verb
UK /ˈfɒstə(r)/
Other entries for this word
fosteradjective
fosterchild at foster
fosterparents at foster
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
foster
he/she/it
fosters
present participle
fostering
past tense
fostered
past participle
fostered
DEFINITIONS2
1
transitive to help something to develop over a period of time
This approach will foster an understanding of environmentalissues.
Overuse of antibiotics may foster the spread of drug-resistant bacteria.
Synonyms and related words
To help something to progress
foster
promote
nurse
2
intransitive/transitive to look after a child as part of your family for a period of time because the child’s parents cannot look after them
Synonyms and related words
Adoption and caring for other people’s children
adopt
adopted
adopter
See alsoadopt
foster
verb
US /ˈfɑstər/
Other entries for this word
fosteradjective
fosterchild at foster
fosterparents at foster
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
foster
he/she/it
fosters
present participle
fostering
past tense
fostered
past participle
fostered
DEFINITIONS2
1
transitive to help something to develop over a period of time
This approach will foster an understanding of environmentalissues.
Overuse of antibiotics may foster the spread of drug-resistant bacteria.
Synonyms and related words
To help something to progress
foster
get past
promote
2
intransitive/transitive to take care of a child as part of your family for a period of time because the child’s parents cannot take care of them