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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fos•ter /ˈfɔstɚ, ˈfɑstɚ/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to promote the growth or development of:to foster new ideas.
- Sociologyto bring up;
rear:to foster an abandoned child.
adj. [ before a noun] - Sociologyproviding or receiving parental care despite the absence of relationship by blood or law:a foster home; foster children.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fos•ter (fô′stər, fos′tər),USA pronunciation v.t. - to promote the growth or development of;
further;
encourage:to foster new ideas. - to bring up, raise, or rear, as a foster child.
- to care for or cherish.
- [Brit.]to place (a child) in a foster home.
- [Obs.]to feed or nourish.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English fōstor nourishment, fōstrian to nourish; cognate with Old Norse fōstr; akin to food
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged favor, forward, advance; foment, instigate.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged nurse, nourish, sustain, support, maintain.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See cherish.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged discourage.
Fos•ter (fô′stər, fos′tər),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Stephen (Collins), 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
William Z(eb•u•lon) (zeb′yə lən),USA pronunciation 1881–1961, U.S. labor organizer: leader in the Communist party.- a male given name.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: foster /ˈfɒstə/ vb (transitive)- to promote the growth or development of
- to bring up (a child, etc); rear
- to cherish (a plan, hope, etc) in one's mind
- chiefly Brit to place (a child) in the care of foster parents
- to bring up under fosterage
adj - (in combination) indicating relationship through fostering and not through birth: foster mother, foster child
- (in combination) of or involved in the rearing of a child by persons other than his natural or adopted parents: foster home
Etymology: Old English fōstrian to feed, from fōstor foodˈfosterer n ˈfostering n Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Foster /ˈfɒstə/ n - Jodie. born 1962, US film actress and director: her films include Taxi Driver (1976), The Accused (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1990), Little Man Tate (1991; also directed), Nell (1995), and Panic Room (2002)
- Norman, Baron. born 1935, British architect. His works include the Willis Faber building (1978) in Ipswich, Stansted Airport, Essex (1991), Chek Lap Kok Airport, Hong Kong (1998), the renovation of the Reichstag, Berlin (1999), and City Hall, London (2002)
- Stephen Collins. 1826–64, US composer of songs such as The Old Folks at Home and Oh Susanna
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