babysitter
Definition
- Noun:
- A person hired to care for children in the absence of their parents: A babysitter is someone temporarily employed to supervise and look after children, typically in the family's home, while the parents are away.
Usage
- The word "babysitter" refers specifically to the person performing the temporary childcare role. It is a compound noun, but its meaning is treated as a single unit for this definition.
- It is commonly used in informal and formal contexts related to childcare arrangements.
Examples
- Noun:
- We need to find a reliable babysitter for Friday night.
- The babysitter read stories to the children before bedtime.
- She worked as a babysitter during her summer vacation.
Advanced Usage
- "to sit for (someone)": An older, less common phrasing meaning to babysit for a family.
- She often sits for the neighbors when they go out.
Variants and Related Words
- Babysit (verb): The action of caring for children as a babysitter.
- I will babysit my nephew this weekend.
- Babysitting (noun/gerund): The activity or job of being a babysitter.
- Babysitting requires a lot of patience.
Synonyms
- Childminder: (More common in British English) A person who looks after children, often in their own home.
- Nanny: A person, typically employed full-time, to care for children in their own home.
- Sitter: A common informal shortening of "babysitter."
Related Phrases
- "On babysitting duty": Having the responsibility to babysit at a given time.
- I'm on babysitting duty tonight, so I can't go out.
Noun
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a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
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