Explain and Foster

Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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

Foster

Foster verb - To help the growth or development of.

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

Common collocations

ability explain ability foster ability
feelings explain feelings foster feelings

Both words in one sentence

  • Humans Are Special Foster also used a version of this in his novelization of The Last Starfighter to explain why the Star League is so hard up for fighter pilots as to be recruiting them from pre-contact worlds.
  • Open-Minded Parent The Fujiwara couple in Natsume's Book of Friends are fairly reasonable when their foster son Natsume often shows up disheveled and in situations that he cannot fully explain to them.
  • Anne of Green Gables: Anne tries to explain this philosophy to her foster mother Marilla, who doesn't get the point of flights of fancy and anticipation.
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