Word

further, v.
(furthered, furthering, furthers)
freq. cnt. 9

promote the growth of
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 7

foster further

sample sentences

"Foster our children's well-being and education"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

fostering fosterage fostering

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

furtherance

semantic pointers

hypernym

encourage, promote, advance, further, boost

contribute to the progress or growth of
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 91 freq. cnt.: 53 freq. cnt.: 31 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

advance boost encourage further promote

sample sentences

"I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
They %s him to write the letter

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

encouragement

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

promotive promotion promotion

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

advance

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

furtherance

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

boost booster booster

semantic pointers

hyponym

connive at, wink at foster, further spur help carry feed contribute, lead, conduce

hypernym

support, back up