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foster care

foster care noun: a situation, in modern settings a formal arrangement, by which a child whose parents cannot care for them for the time being is cared for in a family setting (a foster family) without being adopted.

Noun

foster care (uncountable)

  1. A situation, in modern settings a formal arrangement, by which a child whose parents cannot care for them for the time being is cared for in a family setting (a foster family) without being adopted.

Questions about foster care

What does foster care mean?
Foster care means a situation, in modern settings a formal arrangement, by which a child whose parents cannot care for them for the time being is cared for in a family setting (a foster family) without being adopted.
What part of speech is foster care?
Foster care is a noun.

Words near foster care in the dictionary

  1. fostamatinib
  2. Fostat
  3. fostemsavir
  4. foster
  5. foster brother
  6. foster care
  7. foster child
  8. foster children
  9. Foster City
  10. Foster County
  11. foster fail

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