Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

apartment-sit

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.46 in modern English

Syllables: apart-men-t-sit
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To live in and take care of someone's apartment while they are away.

Example Sentences

"I'll be able to apartment-sit during the day and dine in a distant province in the evening."
"Lauren and Ben Gruning apartment-sit a friend's condominium in San Francisco every year, and this arrangement provides them with a way to fulfill the requirement to leave Mexico every six months, since they do not have resident status."
"Since he had a special kind of primrose that demanded constant watering, he asked his cousin to apartment-sit for him."

Etymology

By analogy to babysit.

Inflected Forms

apartment-sits (present, singular) apartment-sitting (participle, present) apartment-sat (participle, past) apartment-sat (past)

Questions

What does apartment-sit mean?: To live in and take care of someone's apartment while they are away.
Where does apartment-sit come from?: By analogy to babysit.

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