WARD | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of ward in English wardnoun [ C ] uk /wɔːd/ us /wɔːrd/

ward noun [C] (HOSPITAL/PRISON)

Add to word list Add to word list B2 one of the parts or large rooms into which a hospital is divided, usually with beds for patients: a geriatric/maternity/psychiatric ward US one of the parts into which a prison is divided

• 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.

Medical places & organizations

• A & E
• accident and emergency
• aid station
• biotech
• birth centre
• Harley Street
• health authority
• managed care
• maternity suite
• maternity unit
• medical centre
• Medicare
• memory clinic
• the NHS
• UKAHN
• urgent care clinic
• walk-in
• warehouse
• well man
• well woman

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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 UK politics: local government & politics

• administrative
• alderman
• alderwoman
• anti-city
• authority
• councilwoman
• county borough
• county council
• development area
• enterprise zone
• federal district
• parish
• parish council
• parochial
• prefecture
• principal area
• tribal government
• unitary
• unitary authority
• urban planning

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Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities Elections

ward noun [C] (CHILD)

law   specialized 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. Parents & children

• baby mama
• babyhood
• babymoon
• bastard
• brat
• fraternal twin
• guardianship
• identical twin
• illegitimacy
• offspring
• orphan
• parent
• parentage
• parental
• single parent
• singleton
• soccer mom
• step-parent
• the generation gap
• triplet

See more results » -wardsuffix uk / -wəd/ us / -wɚd/ towards the stated place or direction: At least we're homeward bound. Describing movement towards

• -wards
• -ways
• at
• convergent
• earthward
• facing
• flow of something
• for
• forwards
• into
• inwards
• lead into something
• lead out onto something
• oncoming
• onward
• towards
• until
• unto
• up
• way

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-wards (Definition of ward from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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wardnoun [ C ] us /wɔrd/

ward noun [C] (HOSPITAL ROOM)

Add to word list Add to word list 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)

law 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 (Definition of ward from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of ward

ward A reorganization committee was established for the thirty-nine wards of the three hospitals. From the Cambridge English Corpus 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. From the Cambridge English Corpus Alternatively, she may be allocated specific wards where she is responsible for all learners who work there. From the Cambridge English Corpus Evaluating the scheme one year on, the programme of instruction was continuing and indeed, had been extended to other wards. From the Cambridge English Corpus In making such an important transition, you become aware of your progress and mentally separate the time before entering from that after wards. From the Cambridge English Corpus Approximately 20 households were randomly sampled from each of two wards selected from each of the three sample panchayats. From the Cambridge English Corpus In city wards cost of labour and land is very high as compared to suburban wards. From the Cambridge English Corpus 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. From the Cambridge English Corpus 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. From the Cambridge English Corpus The reason for the functional differences between the causeways may have to do with their paths through these urban wards. From the Cambridge English Corpus A new system of territorial collection, based on the new electoral wards, was suggested as an alternative. From the Cambridge English Corpus They were treated in a quite different way and in separate wards the forerunner to the modern pay-beds. From the Cambridge English Corpus Various investigations are carried out on surgical wards. From the Cambridge English Corpus In surgical wards you will often have to care for people who display anxiety. From the Cambridge English Corpus I was always in the wards, full of people and the staff, then a social worker every day seeing people. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of ward These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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emergency wardThe delivery responsibility should include emergency ward, outpatient, ambulatory inpatient, and preventive health services. From the Cambridge English Corpus   isolation wardSam spent the next two weeks in intensive care, fighting for his life, and a further fortnight in an isolation ward. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0   medical wardIn some patients with dementia, troublesome symptoms such as wandering, agitation or aggression may not be manageable in the context of the medical ward. From the Cambridge English Corpus   These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with ward What is the pronunciation of ward, -ward?

Translations of ward

in Chinese (Traditional) 醫院／監獄, 病房，病室, 牢房，囚室… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 医院／监狱, 病房，病室, 牢房，囚室… See more in Spanish sala, hacia …, distrito [masculine… See more in Portuguese ala, distrito [masculine], ala [feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian कक्ष, वॉर्ड… See more 病室, 病棟, 区（く）… See more koğuş, vesayet altında bulunan kimse… See more circonscription [feminine], service [masculine], salle… See more sala… See more afdeling, pupil… See more ஒரு மருத்துவமனை பிரிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள பாகங்கள் அல்லது பெரிய அறைகளில் ஒன்று, பொதுவாக நோயாளிகளுக்கு படுக்கைகள் இருக்கும்… See more (अस्पताल में) वार्ड, कमरे का वो भाग या कमरे जहाँ रोगियों के लिए बिस्तर लगाए जाते हैं… See more વોર્ડ, હોસ્પીટલમાં વોર્ડ રૂમ અથવા રૂમ જ્યાં દર્દીઓ માટે પથારી ગોઠવવામાં આવે છે… See more stue, tilsynsbarn… See more avdelning, sal, rum… See more wad, anak jagaan… See more die Station, das Mündel… See more bydel [masculine], avdeling [masculine], sykehusrom/-avdeling… See more وارڈ, گوشہ, شعبہ (اسپتال کے مختلف بیماریوں کے علاج کے لئے بنایاگیا حصہ)… See more палата, підопічна особа… See more ఆసుపత్రి వార్డు… See more হাসপাতালের বিভিন্ন বিভাগ… See more sál, oddělení, schovanec… See more bangsal, orang yang di bawah perwalian… See more แผนกในโรงพยาบาลที่มีคนไข้ประเภทเดียวกัน, เด็กหรือผู้เยาว์ที่อยู่ในความคุ้มครองของศาล หรือผู้ปกครอง… See more phòng bệnh, người được bảo trợ… See more oddział, osoba pod kuratelą… See more 병동… See more reparto, corsia, minore… See more Need a translator?

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    • ward (HOSPITAL/PRISON)
    • ward (CITY AREA)
    • ward (CHILD)
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    • ward (HOSPITAL ROOM)
    • ward (PERSON)
    • ward (AREA)
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