Meaning of ward in English

ward

noun [ C ]

/wɔːd/ us

/wɔːrd/

ward noun [C] (HOSPITAL/PRISON)

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one of the parts or large rooms into which a hospital is divided, usually with beds for patients:

a geriatric/maternity/psychiatric ward

one of the parts into which a prison is divided

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The ward was full of children infected with TB.
She works in the geriatric ward.
Two hospital wards have had to be closed for fumigation.
The new ward was opened by the Prince of Wales.
The emergency wards are full of casualties from the crash.

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Medical places & organizations

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Prisons & parts of prisons

ward noun [C] (CITY AREA)

(in many countries) one of the areas into which a city or town is divided, having its own elected political representative or its own organizations for managing services

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UK politics: local government & politics

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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities

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ward noun [C] (CHILD)

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a person, especially a child, who is legally put under the protection of a law court or a guardian:

The girl was made a ward of court to stop her father taking her out of the country.

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Parents & children

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-ward

suffix

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towards the stated place or direction:

At least we're homeward bound.

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Describing movement towards

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ward

noun [ C ]

/wɔrd/

ward noun [C] (HOSPITAL ROOM)

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a large room in a hospital which is used for treating people with similar illnesses or conditions:

the pediatric/maternity ward

ward noun [C] (PERSON)

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a person, esp. a child, who is legally under the protection or care of another person or of a court or government:

The agency serves youths who are wards of the state.

ward noun [C] (AREA)

a political division within a city:

the fifth ward

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A reorganization committee was established for the thirty-nine wards of the three hospitals.

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As in many asylums, rehabilitation had tended to revolve around the acute admission wards from which patients were more likely to make a full recovery.

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Alternatively, she may be allocated specific wards where she is responsible for all learners who work there.

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Evaluating the scheme one year on, the programme of instruction was continuing and indeed, had been extended to other wards.

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In making such an important transition, you become aware of your progress and mentally separate the time before entering from that after wards.

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Approximately 20 households were randomly sampled from each of two wards selected from each of the three sample panchayats.

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In city wards cost of labour and land is very high as compared to suburban wards.

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However, it can be stated that little standardization in water control existed between the two urban wards and between the wards and the civic-ceremonial center.

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The suggested implication of this is that different decision-making mechanisms may have been employed when planning and constructing water-control features in the residential wards.

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The reason for the functional differences between the causeways may have to do with their paths through these urban wards.

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A new system of territorial collection, based on the new electoral wards, was suggested as an alternative.

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They were treated in a quite different way and in separate wards the forerunner to the modern pay-beds.

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Various investigations are carried out on surgical wards.

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In surgical wards you will often have to care for people who display anxiety.

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I was always in the wards, full of people and the staff, then a social worker every day seeing people.

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emergency ward

The delivery responsibility should include emergency ward, outpatient, ambulatory inpatient, and preventive health services.

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isolation ward

Sam spent the next two weeks in intensive care, fighting for his life, and a further fortnight in an isolation ward.

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medical ward

In some patients with dementia, troublesome symptoms such as wandering, agitation or aggression may not be manageable in the context of the medical ward.

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Translations of ward

in Chinese (Traditional)

醫院／監獄, 病房，病室, 牢房，囚室…

Meaning of ward in English

ward noun [C] (HOSPITAL/PRISON)

ward noun [C] (CITY AREA)

ward noun [C] (CHILD)

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ward noun [C] (HOSPITAL ROOM)

ward noun [C] (PERSON)

ward noun [C] (AREA)

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