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# sitter

«sitter» in Mova's school dictionary: **a babysitter: someone who looks after children while…** — 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 sitter, sitters)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sitter is a babysitter: someone who looks after children while their parents are out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sitter/#m1)

2) A sitter is someone who looks after a pet or a house while the owners are away (pet sitter, house sitter). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sitter/#m2)

3) A sitter is a person who sits still to be painted or photographed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sitter/#m3)

4) In sports, a sitter is a very easy chance to score. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sitter/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a sitter is a trusted adult or teenager who looks after children; safety rules still apply. In football commentary «he missed a sitter» means a very easy goal chance was missed. Phrases: «babysitter», «pet sitter», «house sitter», «miss a sitter».

### examples

- Our sitter reads us a story before bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sitter/#x1)
- Mum and Dad went out and the sitter stayed with us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sitter/#x2)
- We hired a pet sitter to feed the cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sitter/#x3)
- The painter asked the sitter to stay still. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sitter/#x4)
- He missed a sitter right in front of the goal! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sitter/#x5)
- The house sitter watered the plants while we were away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sitter/#x6)

### note

Countable: sitter, sitters. Double «t». Most often short for «babysitter». A child should know their address and an emergency number even when a sitter is there.

### In the corpora

- [Pets cannot be left alone for days, so a trusted person or pet sitter looks after them during holidays.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/64-birds-reptiles-and-choosing-a-pet/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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