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Childminding is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Childminding in a sentence

Related words

Childminding | Childminders | Childminder

Childminding meaning

the act of looking after a child or children

Using Childminding

  • The main meaning on this page is: the act of looking after a child or children

Context around Childminding

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

elephants 1×

Often after:

settings 1× services 1×

Sentence patterns with Childminding

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

believes that childminding also needs 1× little elephants childminding services who 1× schools and childminding settings have 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

liane zerafa and 1× neil leitch chief 1× she believes that 1×

Common sentence endings:

an education profession 1× by the government 1× enrol their children 1×

Words around Childminding

Just before it in the word index:

childminders 20 childminder 16 childline 31 childlike 100 childlessness 9 childless 132

Just after it in the word index:

childproof 5 childrearing 14 childree 2 children 37.669 childrens 37 childrenswear 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Childminding

  • In this selection, "childminding" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, elephants, settings and services stand out and add context to how "childminding" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include believes that childminding also needs and little elephants childminding services who. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "childminding" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with childminding

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

She believes that childminding also needs to be recognised as an education profession. (13 words)

Neil Leitch, chief executive officer of the Early Years Alliance, said: "For years now, nurseries, pre-schools and childminding settings have been grossly underfunded by the government. (27 words)

Liane Zerafa and Rebecca Farrugia, directors of Little Elephants childminding services – who are about to open a childcare centre – said they knew of many parents who were waiting till September to enrol their children. (34 words)

Longer example sentences

Liane Zerafa and Rebecca Farrugia, directors of Little Elephants childminding services – who are about to open a childcare centre – said they knew of many parents who were waiting till September to enrol their children. (34 words)

Neil Leitch, chief executive officer of the Early Years Alliance, said: "For years now, nurseries, pre-schools and childminding settings have been grossly underfunded by the government. (27 words)

She believes that childminding also needs to be recognised as an education profession. (13 words)

Example sentences (3)

Neil Leitch, chief executive officer of the Early Years Alliance, said: "For years now, nurseries, pre-schools and childminding settings have been grossly underfunded by the government.

She believes that childminding also needs to be recognised as an education profession.

Liane Zerafa and Rebecca Farrugia, directors of Little Elephants childminding services – who are about to open a childcare centre – said they knew of many parents who were waiting till September to enrol their children.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "childminding" in a sentence?
An example: "Neil Leitch, chief executive officer of the Early Years Alliance, said: "For years now, nurseries, pre-schools and childminding settings have been grossly underfunded by the government." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "childminding" from authentic English texts.
What does "childminding" mean?
Childminding means: the act of looking after a child or children
How many example sentences with "childminding" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "childminding", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.