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解説 Definition
fostering は foster（育てる、促進する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人材や関係、能力などを時間をかけて育てたり、発展させたりすることを表します。
Actively encouraging the gradual growth or development of a person, quality, relationship, or favorable condition. It is the present participle or gerund of foster, commonly used in phrases such as “fostering trust” or “fostering creativity.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 foster は、人・能力・信頼などに継続して働きかけて「育てる、促進する」。語末の e を変えず、そのまま -ing を加えた fostering です。fostering trust／creativity のように、すぐ作るのでなく、良い条件を与えて時間をかけて発達させる場面と結び付けます。
Link fostering to foster, a verb for helping someone or something develop through continuing care and support. Add -ing directly to foster; no letter is dropped or doubled. Imagine a team leader repeatedly creating safe opportunities for people to cooperate. That process is fostering trust, because trust grows over time rather than appearing instantly. The same pattern works with fostering creativity, talent, relationships, or young leaders. Unlike simply causing something, fostering suggests providing conditions in which gradual development can take place.
例文
The club is fostering young leaders.
そのクラブは若いリーダーを育てています。
Her work focuses on fostering trust in the team.
彼女の仕事はチーム内の信頼を育てることに重点を置いています。
The school created a program for fostering students' creativity.
その学校は生徒の創造性を育てるためのプログラムを作りました。
fostering の類義語・関連語
fostering の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 fōstrian（養う・育てる）から。語根 fōster は fōda（食べ物）と同根で、「食べ物を与えて育てる」が原義。関連語: food（食べ物）、foster parent（里親）。栄養を与える行為が養育全般へと意味が広がった。
Fostering is the -ing form of foster. The verb comes from Old English fōstrian, “to nourish or bring up,” based on fōstor, meaning nourishment or upbringing. This Germanic word is historically related to food. The original image of sustaining a child with nourishment broadened to caring for people generally and then to encouraging the development of qualities, relationships, ideas, and social conditions.
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