babysitter

Thân thiện

A babysitter reads a storybook to two children before bedtime.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home

Từ đồng nghĩa

• baby-sitter
• sitter