Admit and Foster

Admit

Admit verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.

Foster and admit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Foster" instead a verb "Admit".

Foster

Foster verb - To help the growth or development of.

Admit and foster are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Admit" instead a verb "Foster".

Common collocations

love admit love foster love
feeling admit feeling foster feeling
boy admit boy foster boy
idea admit idea foster idea
Other words: order, fear, identity, feelings, whom.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Hollow Places Hellhole Prison: After Austin reports the guard’s abusiveness, the Warden is quick to admit that Shore State Corrections (the private prison company employing them both) explicitly intends to trait their inmates badly to foster recidivism and thus increase profit.
  • Film / Falling Down Pater Familicide: A potential implication is made that Foster intends to do this to his wife and daughter, even though he refuses to admit it when Prendergast draws this conclusion when they finally meet face to face.
  • In Falling Down, it's heavily implied that Bill Foster intends to do this to his wife and daughter, even though he refuses to admit it when Prendergast draws this conclusion when they finally meet face to face.
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