fördern — meaning in English
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English meaning
- claim verb To state that something is true, often without having proved it yet.
- enjoin verb To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
- exact adjective Perfectly accurate or precise; matching a standard or fact exactly, with nothing added or missing.
- facilitate verb To make a process easier or help it happen more smoothly.
- foment verb To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
- forward adj Located at or moving toward the front.
- foster verb To raise or care for a child who is not biologically one's own.
- further verb To help advance or promote something.
- mine pron Belonging to me; the possessive form of "I" used on its own, without a following noun.
- nurture noun Care and encouragement given to help someone or something grow and develop.
- patronize verb To talk to someone in a way that shows you think you are smarter or better than them.
- test noun A set of questions or tasks used to check someone's knowledge or ability.
Senses
fördern is used for these senses in English:
- enjoin (transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
- exact (ambitransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
- facilitate To make easy or easier.
- foment (transitive) To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
- forward (transitive) To advance, promote.
- foster (transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
- foster (transitive) To nurse or cherish something.
- further (transitive) To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.
claim — full definition
- verb To state that something is true, often without having proved it yet.
- verb To formally ask for something you believe you are owed or entitled to.
- noun A statement that something is true, especially one still to be proven.
- noun A formal request for money, property, or a right one believes is owed.
enjoin — full definition
- verb To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
- verb To prescribe under authority; to ordain.
- verb To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.