daycare
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈdeɪˌkɛr/
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guardería
- I have to pick up my kids from daycare in twenty minutes.
- a daycare center
- attend daycare
- children in daycare
And, you know, my, my one year olds daycare instructors are still wearing masks.
- And, you know, my, my one year olds daycare instructors are still wearing masks.
- Is having your, Is dropping your kid off at daycare one of those problems?
- I mean, Can you imagine the daycare costs alone?
- Also if you now, because we have schools and daycares and things that are closed.
- I went and had to call a specialist who runs a daycare.
- The cost of employment, whether that's for a nanny or daycare, is all up.
- My mom did, she did a home daycare.
- Well, maybe we should just teach school at the fucking daycare center.
- Like, would you drop your child off at all male daycare?
- But one day I was in second grade and I went to after school daycare, right?
- And his cousin, she actually had the daycare at the school.
- I mean, we're talking about daycares and kids backyards.
- You know, you start daycare with the same people that you graduate with.
Examples
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Is your kid in daycare or have any of you guys had your kids in daycare?
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Once the baby's born, I'll put him in daycare like the other mothers.
Fiction book (1995) -
I wanted to ask you as you both know daycare costs are really high.
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I mean, Can you imagine the daycare costs alone?
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All right, well, I got registration for daycare in an hour.
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I have to pick up my son from daycare.
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Then I put him in a daycare center, where he slept through the day.
Fiction book (1992) -
Children of working parents may be enrolled in a daycare setting to provide appropriate care during the workweek.
Academic text (2013) -
She had just picked them up from daycare, and they were headed to the mall to buy me a birthday present.
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I need to find a reliable daycare for my toddler while I am at work.
Synonyms
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1.9
Looking after children by someone other than their parents, often for pay
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1.2
Care for children during the day while their parents work
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1.8
A place where young children are looked after while parents work
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1.0
A place where young children are looked after and learn before starting school
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5.7
A place where babies and young children are cared for during the day
A place where adults look after young children during the day while their parents work
Antonyms
How Supervised
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Daycare is simply a combination of day and care, where day means 'the hours when it is light' and care means 'looking after someone'. So, daycare is a place where young children are looked after during the day while their parents are at work.