Fostering — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

encouragement; aiding the development of something

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

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈɑːstɚɹɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈɒstəɹɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈɒstəɹɪŋ/

3 syllables Say it as /fˈɑːstɚɹɪŋ/.

Examples

they debated whether nature or nurture was more important
Foster our children's well-being and education
nurture his talents

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

raising nurture further breeding fosterage rearing foster bringing up upbringing

Parts of Speech

noun	encouragement; aiding the development of something
noun	helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community “they debated whether nature or nurture was more important”
verb	promote the growth of “Foster our children's well-being and education”
verb	bring up under fosterage; of children
verb	help develop, help grow “nurture his talents”

Word Forms

foster	verb	promote the growth of
nurtural	adjective	resulting from nurture
nurture	verb	bring up
rear	verb	bring up
fosterage	noun	encouragement; aiding the development of something
fostering	noun	encouragement; aiding the development of something
furtherance	noun	encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something
nurture	noun	helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Förderung

Ermutigung; die Entwicklung von etwas unterstützen

🇫🇷French

favoriser

encouragement; aider au développement de quelque chose

🇪🇸Spanish

criado

estímulo; ayudar al desarrollo de algo

🇮🇹Italian

favorendo

incoraggiamento; aiutare lo sviluppo di qualcosa

🇳🇱Dutch

koesteren

aanmoediging; helpen bij de ontwikkeling van iets

🇵🇹Portuguese

promovendo

incentivo; ajudando no desenvolvimento de algo

🇷🇺Russian

содействие

поощрение; помощь в развитии чего-либо

India

🇮🇳Hindi

को बढ़ावा

प्रोत्साहन; किसी चीज़ के विकास में सहायता करना

🇧🇩Bengali

লালনপালন

উত্সাহ কোনো কিছুর বিকাশে সহায়তা করা

🇮🇳Tamil

வளர்ப்பு

ஊக்கம்; ஏதாவது வளர்ச்சிக்கு உதவுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

పెంపొందించడం

ప్రోత్సాహం; ఏదో అభివృద్ధికి సహాయం చేస్తుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

पालनपोषण

प्रोत्साहन एखाद्या गोष्टीच्या विकासास मदत करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રોત્સાહન

પ્રોત્સાહન કોઈ વસ્તુના વિકાસમાં મદદ કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪೋಷಣೆ

ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹ; ಯಾವುದೋ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಗೆ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

വളർത്തൽ

പ്രോത്സാഹനം; എന്തിൻ്റെയെങ്കിലും വികസനത്തെ സഹായിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਾਲਣ ਪੋਸ਼ਣ

ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹ; ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਦੇ ਵਿਕਾਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਹਾਇਤਾ ਕਰਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

پرورش

حوصلہ افزائی کسی چیز کی ترقی میں مدد کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

养育

鼓励;帮助某事的发展

🇯🇵Japanese

育てる

奨励;何かの開発を助ける

🇰🇷Korean

육성

격려; 무언가의 발전을 돕는다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bồi dưỡng

sự khích lệ; hỗ trợ sự phát triển của một cái gì đó

🇹🇭Thai

การอุปถัมภ์

กำลังใจ; ที่ช่วยพัฒนาบางสิ่งบางอย่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

membina

dorongan; membantu perkembangan sesuatu

🇵🇭Filipino

pag-aalaga

panghihikayat; pagtulong sa pagbuo ng isang bagay

🇲🇾Malay

memupuk

galakan; membantu perkembangan sesuatu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تعزيز

تشجيع؛ المساعدة في تطوير شيء ما

🇮🇷Persian

پرورش دادن

تشویق؛ کمک به توسعه چیزی

🇹🇷Turkish

koruyucu

teşvik; bir şeyin gelişmesine yardımcı olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

אומנה

עידוד; עוזר להתפתחות של משהו

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