ward
[noun]
Synonyms:
- room, apartment, cubicle
- district, area, division, precinct, quarter, zone
- dependant, charge, minor, protégé, pupil

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Antonyms: conduce (to)
Related Idioms: keep at arm's length, turn aside
Related Words: block, check, halt, stay, stymie, avert, divert, turn, balk, foil, frustrate, thwart, interrupt

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English Thesaurus: hospital, medical center, clinic, hospice, nursing home/old people's home, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

-ward /wəd $ wərd/ suffix [in adjectives]
[Language: Old English; Origin: -weard]
towards a particular direction or place:
our homeward journey
a downward movement

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

I. ward¹ W3 /wɔːd $ wɔːrd/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: weard 'guarding']

1. a large room in a hospital where people who need medical treatment stay
maternity/general/geriatric etc ward (=a ward for people with a particular medical condition)
on/in the ward
a young nurse in her first day on the wards
the other patients in the ward

2. one of the small areas that a city has been divided into for the purpose of local elections ⇒ constituency

3. law someone, especially a child, who is under the legal protection of another person or of a law court:
She was made a ward of court.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. ward² verb
[Language: Old English; Origin: weardian 'to guard, defend']
ward something ↔ off phrasal verb
to do something to try to protect yourself from something bad, such as illness, danger, or attack:
Don’t forget insect repellent to ward off the mosquitoes.
a spell to ward off evil spirits

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ward
noun
ADJ. open, public | private | hospital | maternity, surgical, etc.
VERB + WARD be admitted to He was admitted to the casualty ward.
be discharged from
WARD + NOUN nurse, sister, staff | round The doctor was doing her morning ward round.
PREP. in a/the ~ She spent five days in the maternity ward.
on the ~ How many midwives are on the ward?

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

hospital a large building where sick or injured people receive medical treatment:
He was taken by ambulance to the local hospital.
the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford
a mental hospital
medical center American English a large hospital, which often has many different departments, including areas for research:
a discovery by doctors at the New England Medical Center
clinic a place, often in a hospital, where medical treatment and advice is given to people who do not need to stay in a hospital:
a family-planning clinic (=which gives people help and advice about birth control)
a special clinic for people with drug and alcohol problems
hospice a special hospital for people who are dying:
They are hoping to raise funds to build a hospice for sick and dying children.
nursing home/old people's home (also home) a place where people who are old and ill can live and be looked after, by nurses:
She doesn't want to end up in a nursing home.
sanatorium a place where people recovering after a long illness were sent in the past, so that they could rest and receive special care:
He was sent to a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps.
A&E/casualty British English, emergency room/ER American English the part of a hospital where people who are injured or who need urgent treatment are brought:
A&E waiting times have gone down.
A 33-year-old man was brought to the emergency room in a coma.
operating theatre British English, operating room American English a room in a hospital where operations are done:
Mrs Barnett was in the operating theatre for 11 hours while the transplant was carried out.
intensive care the part of a hospital where people who are very seriously ill or badly injured are cared for:
Mr Dye is in intensive care with head injuries.
unit part of a hospital where a particular kind of treatment is carried out:
the burns unit
the fertility unit
ward a large room in a hospital where people who need medical treatment stay:
the women's ward
She works as a nurse on a busy hospital ward.

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