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# babysitter

«babysitter» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who looks after children in their home while the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a babysitter, babysitters)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A babysitter is a person who looks after children in their home while the parents are out, usually for a few hours and often for money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysitter/#m1)

2) (informal) Something that keeps children busy so adults can rest, like a TV used as «a babysitter». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysitter/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, older teenagers or adults babysit in the evening; there are rules for the children and the babysitter (bedtime, emergency numbers, who can visit). In safety lessons, children learn that a babysitter should know where the first-aid kit is and how to call 911/999/000/111/112. Phrases: «get a babysitter», «call the babysitter», «a babysitting job».

### examples

- Our babysitter reads us stories before bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysitter/#x1)
- Mum and Dad hired a babysitter for Saturday night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysitter/#x2)
- The babysitter has the emergency phone numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysitter/#x3)
- My cousin earns money as a babysitter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysitter/#x4)
- The babysitter said bedtime was eight o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysitter/#x5)
- Be polite to the babysitter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysitter/#x6)
- Can you be our babysitter on Friday? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysitter/#x7)
- The TV shouldn't be your babysitter all day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysitter/#x8)

### note

Written as one word (babysitter) or with a hyphen (baby-sitter). Verb: babysit, babysat, babysitting. A babysitter can look after children of any age, not only babies. Emergency numbers: US/Canada 911, UK/Ireland 999 or 112, Australia 000, New Zealand 111.

### In the corpora

- [Twisting the truth to blame a grown-up, like a babysitter, can get them in trouble at work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/345-when-someone-else-takes-your-punishment/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «babysitter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysitter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.