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Meaning of childcare | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. The act, practice, or occupation of supervising and taking care of young children.
    uncountable
  2. A place where young children are supervised while away from their parents or guardians.
    countable

Equivalents

Deutsch Kinderbetreuung
Suomi lapsenhoito lastenhoito lastenhuolto
日本語 育児
Kurdî bk Bk
Svenska barnomsorg BK
Tiếng Việt nhà giữ trẻ

Examples

“Today most childcare centres are woefully understaffed with poorly paid and underqualified personnel. Child care workers in both the USA and UK are in the lowest tenth of all wage earners.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

childcarer childcaring childe Childebert childer Childer Thornton

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