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• past participle of foster.
• past tense form of foster.

fostered

American  

[faw-sterd, fos-terd] / ˈfɔ stərd, ˈfɒs tərd /

adjective

1. promoted or cultivated.

   We need to cut through the deliberately fostered confusions that persist in the debate surrounding the referendum campaign.

   The two-acre garden displays six species of its independently fostered roses.

2. cared for as a foster child in the home of someone other than the natural or adoptive parents.

   In that jurisdiction, 17 percent of all fostered children aged 5 to 18 had been in the same placement for more than five years.

3. (of animals)

   1. cared for temporarily as a pet in a home until adoption can be arranged, often because medical care is required.

      Once recovered, the fostered dogs had a better chance of being adopted than healthy ones straight from the shelter.

   2. raised by other than its own biological parents.

      Two male penguins entrusted with the care of a fostered egg have welcomed a tiny penguin chick into the world.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of foster.

Other Word Forms

• unfostered
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of fostered

First recorded in 1580–90; foster ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; foster ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

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Example Sentences

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fostered

These sanitized accounts ignored the homemade dangers, such as the health problems fostered by an overstretched military — realities many children would face when a changed parent finally came home.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

American colleges became incubators of a new Canadian elite, whose parents had attended British universities; by the late 60s, those campuses also fostered a Vietnam-era counterculture that was skeptical of American power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Sepulveda was a foster parent and fostered approximately 90 children over the years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Fierce competition for open roles, a flood of AI-generated communication from both job candidates and recruiters, and an always-on communication culture fostered during pandemic-era remote work have sped up the clock on the hiring process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Newsome Park was an outsize replica of virtually every Negro community in the South, where racial segregation fostered economic integration.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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