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day care Definition

day care

noun

daytime care given to preschool children or to school children after school or during vacation, as at a day-care center, or to the elderly, as at a social agency

day care Related Forms
day′·-care′ adjective
day care Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • provide: Childminders Childminders are self employed and provide full day care or ' wrap around care ' based in the childminder's home.
  • offer: Lane End Day Center £ 4,000.00 The organization offers day care for the frail, older people of Lane End and surrounding villages.

Preposition: for

  • people: Lane End Day Center £ 4,000.00 The organization offers day care for the frail, older people of Lane End and surrounding villages.

Adjective modifier

  • full: Childminders Childminders are self employed and provide full day care or ' wrap around care ' based in the childminder's home.

Modifies a noun

  • service: We are developing special day care services where people with dementia and their carers are welcomed.