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# babysit

verb (babysit, babysits, babysat, babysitting)

«babysit» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To babysit is to look after a baby or a child for a while when their parents are out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysit/#m1)
2. To babysit can also be used jokingly for watching over something, like a pet or a house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysit/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life teenagers, grandparents or friends babysit young children, usually in the evening. In safety lessons: a babysitter needs emergency numbers, and children should listen to the babysitter. In stories babysitting is often a funny adventure.

### Examples

- My big cousin will babysit us tonight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysit/#x1)
- Grandma babysits my little brother on Tuesdays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysit/#x2)
- She babysat for the neighbours last weekend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysit/#x3)
- Can you babysit my hamster while I'm away? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysit/#x4)
- You must be old enough and trusted to babysit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysit/#x5)
- When Mum babysits, she reads us a story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysit/#x6)

### Note

Irregular past: babysat (not «babysitted»). -ing form doubles the t: babysitting. The person is a babysitter. One word: babysit (sometimes «baby-sit»).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «babysit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/babysit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«babysit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/babysit.html) on Mova free.