Meaning

1 senses
  1. An adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care.

    приёмный роди́тельprijómnyj rodítelʹ

    прийомний батько або матиpryjomnyj batʹko abo maty

More definitions
  • a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child

Examples

15 sentences
  1. I was raised by foster parents.

    Мене виховали прийомні батьки.

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  2. Tom and Mary are foster parents.

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  3. Was Tom placed with foster parents?

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  4. Most foster children have parents somewhere.

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  5. My foster parents are pretty nice.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
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adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care:
Русский
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adult who cares for a child who has been placed in foster care:

Forms

plural: foster parents
Singularfoster parent
Pluralfoster parents

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the child's natural parents but without legally adopting the child:foster-parent

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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