day care

noun

variants or less commonly daycare

ˈdā-ˌker

or day-care

: supervision of and care for children or physically or mentally disabled adults that is provided during the day by a person or organization

—often used before another noun

a day care center

day care workers

day-care facilities

: a program, facility, or organization offering day care

a child enrolled in day care

Examples of day care in a Sentence

She left work early to pick up her son from day care.

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There, in 1995, a 26-year-old Gulf War veteran lighted a fuse inside a rental truck packed with 5,000 pounds of explosives and killed 168 people, including 19 children in the second-floor day care. —

Zach Baylin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024 Koike had promised to expand the free day care policy ahead of last July’s gubernatorial election. —

Amanda Gerut, Fortune Asia, 12 Dec. 2024 All 15 dogs the day care highlighted were a Labrador retriever or some type of Lab. —

Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024 The administrators' letter said law enforcement visited the day care to gather information and review the circumstances surrounding the injuries, which included a review of internal surveillance footage. —

Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for day care