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opvoeden — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • educate verb To teach or train someone, giving them knowledge or skills.
  • foster verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
  • fostering noun The practice of raising a child who is not one's biological offspring.
  • rear verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.

Senses

opvoeden is used for these senses in English:

  • bring up To raise or rear (children).
  • educate (transitive) To instruct or train.
  • foster (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
  • fostering raising someone to be an accepted member of the community.
  • rear (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
  • upbreed (transitive, archaic) To rear, or bring up; to nurse.

foster — full definition

  1. verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
  2. verb To help something grow or develop, such as a skill, relationship, or idea.
  3. adj Describing a family relationship based on care rather than blood, as in foster parent or foster child.

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