foster
[verb]
Synonyms:
- promote, cultivate, encourage, feed, nurture, stimulate, support, uphold
- bring up, mother, nurse, raise, rear, take care of

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Contrasted words: combat, fight, oppose, resist, withstand, curb, inhibit, restrain, ban, forbid, interdict, prohibit, abuse, disregard, neglect
Related Words: back, champion, support, uphold, entertain, harbor, house, lodge, shelter, accommodate, assist, favor, help, oblige

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I. Foster, Jo‧die /ˈdʒəʊdi/
(1962–) a US film actress and director who first appeared as a child in films such as Taxi Driver (1976), and won Oscars for her performances in The Accused (1988) and Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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II. Foster, Norman
(1935–) a British architect (=someone who designs buildings) who has won many prizes for his designs, and who works mainly in a very modern high-tech style. His buildings include London's Gherkin, the Millau Viaduct in France, and Tower 2 of the planned rebuilding of the World Trade Center in New York. His official title is Baron Foster of Thames Bank.

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III. Foster, Ste‧phen /ˈstiːvən/
(1826–64) a US songwriter known for his many popular songs, such as Oh Susanna, Camptown Races, and Old Folks at Home, which were often about life in the South of the US

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I. fos‧ter¹ /ˈfɒstə $ ˈfɑːstər/ verb

1. [transitive] to help a skill, feeling, idea etc develop over a period of time Synonym : encourage, promote:
The bishop helped foster the sense of a community embracing all classes.

2. [intransitive and transitive] to take someone else’s child into your family for a period of time but without becoming their legal parent ⇒ adopt:
The couple wanted to adopt a black child they had been fostering.

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II. foster² adjective
[Language: Old English; Origin: fostor-, from fostor 'food, feeding']

1. foster mother/father/parents the people who foster a child:
It is sometimes difficult to find suitable foster parents.

2. foster child/son/daughter a child who is fostered

3. foster brother/sister someone who has different parents from you, but who is being brought up in the same family

4. foster home a private home where a child is fostered

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foster
verb
ADV. carefully, deliberately The school has carefully fostered its progressive image.
energetically
VERB + FOSTER help (to) | be designed to

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