Meaning

2 senses
  1. A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.

    My neighbor is sometimes a babysitter for other mothers’ children.

    Babysitter, Babysitterin, Kinderhüter

    приходя́щая ня́няprixodjáščaja njánja, ня́няnjánja, бебиси́ттерbɛbisíttɛr

    ня́няnjánja, бебісі́ттерbebisítter

  2. (derogatory)A person who has to watch or attend to anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; a coddler or handholder.

More definitions
  • a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home

Examples

128 sentences
  1. Tom can't afford to hire a babysitter.

    Том не може собі дозволити найняти няню.

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  2. Tom got a babysitter for his children.

    Том знайшов няню для своїх дітей.

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  3. Tom can't find a babysitter for Friday night.

    Том не може знайти няню на вечір п'ятниці.

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  4. I don't need a babysitter.

    Мені не потрібна няня.

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  5. I need to get a babysitter.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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baby or child caretaker:

Origin

From baby + sitter.

From baby + sitter.

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Forms

plural: babysitters

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home:baby-sittersitter

Word family

13 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • find a babysitter
  • a babysitter for
  • for a babysitter
  • a good babysitter
  • babysitter on such
  • a babysitter on
  • good babysitter

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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