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child-care Definition

child-care (-ker′)

adjective

having to do with the care of children, specif., of preschool children whose parents are employed a child-care center

child-care Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • provide: Finding someone to provide some child-care has not been easy.
  • find: This agency was recently started by Angela Rossi after many of her friends with kids struggled to find good child-care.

Adjective modifier

  • formal: Using data from the 1990s, these researchers conclude that the supply of formal child-care does not react to an increase in demand.
  • good: Gave you the best schooling, the best child-care, the best toys.

Modifies a noun

  • facility: In addition there will be a separately accessed child-care facility within the Center.
  • provision: Child Care: Staffordshire has a wide range of high quality child-care provision across the County.
  • arrangement: For example, for some, library opening hours conflicted with child-care arrangements.
  • worker: We particularly welcome the £ 3.6 million to increase the number of qualified child-care workers.
  • center: Few were satisfied with local youth facilities, child-care centers & local day centers.
  • cost: We pay expenses and child-care costs to cover the time involved.

Used with adjective complement

  • provide: An SOS social center provides child-care for local working families as well as a youth club for older children.

Noun used with modifier

  • farmer: For peace of gets the best farmer child-care provide not appropriately classify.