Meaning & use
fostering
Encouraging the growth or development of a feeling, idea, or activity over time.
See it in a sentence
The teacher's patience was key to fostering a genuine love of reading in her students.
The program is aimed at fostering closer ties between neighboring towns.
A note on using this word
Foster also describes raising a child who is not one's own by birth, as in a fostering family caring for a child temporarily.
Words with a similar meaning
encouragingnurturing
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Words with an opposite meaning
hindering
Another way to use it
2. verb
To bring up a child who is not one's own, typically on a temporary basis.
They have been fostering children for the local authority for over a decade.
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