Meaning

2 senses
  1. Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community.

    helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

  2. Encouragement; aiding the development of something.

    encouragement; aiding the development of something

Translations

3 languages

Forms

plural: fosterings
Singularfostering
Pluralfosterings

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedfoster

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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