/wɔːd/
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Translation
A large room in a hospital where people stay in beds while they get better.
Word origin
From Old English weard, meaning a guard or a watching: a ward was a guarded place.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- weard
- English cognates
- guard, warden
Examples
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Hospital wards are often named for the people they care for.
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In British English you are "on a ward", not "in" one.
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A ward holds many beds in one big room.
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