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Baby-Sitter

Noun

A baby-sitter refers to a person, typically a teenager or young adult, who takes care of and supervises young children temporarily, usually while the parents are away.

Sense 1:

Example sentence: My sister has hired a reliable baby-sitter to look after her children while she attends a work event.

Sense 2:

Example sentence: The baby-sitter arrived promptly at 6 pm to watch over the kids for the evening.

Verb

To baby-sit means to take on the responsibility of caring for children temporarily.

Sense 1:

Example sentence: I offered to baby-sit my neighbor's kids while she went grocery shopping.

Sense 2:

Example sentence: We decided to hire a professional nanny rather than asking our friends to baby-sit for us.

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