childcare
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈtʃaɪldˌkɛr/
:
cuidado infantil
- We would have quality standards for childcare and subsidies for childcare.
- childcare practitioners
- childcare programs
- childcare center
They can't afford an attorney or childcare or rent or therapy.
- They can't afford an attorney or childcare or rent or therapy.
- We don't talk about the childcare crisis, pre-K crisis.
- We would have quality standards for childcare and subsidies for childcare.
- But he also needs to recognize that the childcare is there for everybody.
- Who lied about offering childcare to his employees when it was childcare for his hotel guests?
- And I'm not saying like, oh, we need to have childcare facilities on every block.
- So we're going to give you free lunches, childcare, we're going to give you all those services.
- The Universal Credit system must help people into employment and childcare is a huge barrier to that.
- Z overwhelmingly wants childcare as their number one benefit over health benefits.
- But it's not odd to say male nurse, male childcare worker.
- Then they had, I think, one daughter, COVID hit, they lost their childcare.
- This is the YMCA where hundreds of children spend their summer afternoons in childcare camps.
Examples
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In one First Nations childcare center, one worker teaches the children sign language.
Academic text (2004) -
The Universal Credit system must help people into employment and childcare is a huge barrier to that.
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I have two kids so just having to really cut back on work to help with childcare at home.
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Do we need childcare tomorrow?
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For childcare services, press six.
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Childcare is one of the most important issues facing this country today.
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Some said they were unable to work at times because of advanced age, health reasons, or childcare responsibilities.
Academic text (2017) -
The community wanted a childcare program for young children, as well as income-generating activities for women.
Academic text (2001) -
Enacting universal healthcare and childcare programs would be a major step toward improving the conditions of all workers.
Academic text (2001) -
Many parents rely on childcare services to help them balance work and family responsibilities.
Synonyms
116
1.9
Looking after children by someone other than their parents, often for pay
106
1.0
A place where staff look after young children during the day while their parents work
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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 Professional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word childcare is made of child and care, with care meaning 'to look after'. So childcare means 'looking after' children, often by someone other than their parents.