0 to take care of a child, usually for a limited time, without being the child's legal parent:
1 to encourage the development or growth of ideas or feelings:
2 used to refer to someone or something connected with the care of children, usually for a limited time, by someone who is not the child's legal parent:
3 to take care of a child as if it were your own, usually for a limited time, without being the child’s legal parent
4 to encourage the development or growth of ideas or feelings:
I try to foster an appreciation for classical music in my students.
5 providing a home or care to a child when you are not their legal parent, or receiving such care, usually for a limited time:
The new elites of the cities also fostered alliances with elites in other areas, for example, with the landed elites in the countryside.
They fostered a strong sense of community, and of belonging to some particular group.
In the next section, we highlight the role of specific government policies in fostering these price changes.
Environmental policy, fostered by international agreements, gives a better explanation why pollution curbs downward at high income levels.
A climate of reductionism fostered the development of technologies that were applied to physiology and to the study of the nervous system.
Challenges at work are considered to be "steeling," fostering coping resources that alleviate the detrimental effects of subsequent stressors, especially those encountered in the workplace.
A social context of this type may reduce a child's risk for depression by fostering a sense of meaning, belonging, and optimism.
In the low-aggressive line, there are multiple behaviors affected by fostering and only a single behavior influenced by endotoxin, in interaction with the fostering condition.
