Ward
noun
A part of a building, usually in a hospital, where people receive specific types of care.
The hospital has a maternity ward where mothers give birth.
Often appears as...
- maternity ward
- pediatric ward
noun
A person, usually a child, put under protection of a legal guardian.
After her parents' death, she became a ward of the state.
Often appears as...
- ward of the state
- ward of the court
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Formal
Legal
noun
A subdivision of a city or town for electoral purposes.
Each ward in the city elects a representative to the city council.
Often appears as...
- city ward
- electoral ward
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Political
suffix
Indicates direction or position.
He looked homeward and sighed, missing his family.
Often appears as...
- homeward
- eastward
verb
To guard or protect against something harmful.
She raised her hands to ward off the blazing sun.
Often appears as...
- ward off danger
- ward off attacks
noun
A person under the care of a guardian.
In his capacity as her guardian, he was responsible for his ward's welfare.
Often appears as...
- guardian and ward
- court-appointed ward
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
noun
A part of a building, usually in a hospital, where people receive specific types of care.
The hospital has a maternity ward where mothers give birth.
Often appears as...
- maternity ward
- pediatric ward
noun
A person, usually a child, put under protection of a legal guardian.
After her parents' death, she became a ward of the state.
Often appears as...
- ward of the state
- ward of the court
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
noun
A subdivision of a city or town for electoral purposes.
Each ward in the city elects a representative to the city council.
Often appears as...
- city ward
- electoral ward
Usage tips
Political
suffix
Indicates direction or position.
He looked homeward and sighed, missing his family.
Often appears as...
- homeward
- eastward
verb
To guard or protect against something harmful.
She raised her hands to ward off the blazing sun.
Often appears as...
- ward off danger
- ward off attacks
noun
A person under the care of a guardian.
In his capacity as her guardian, he was responsible for his ward's welfare.
Often appears as...
- guardian and ward
- court-appointed ward
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
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Pro Tip 1/2Healthcare Setting
Used for areas within healthcare facilities specialized in certain treatments or patient groups.
He was admitted to the burn ward after the accident.
Pro Tip 2/2Specific Care
'Ward' often pairs with a type of medical care to describe where that care happens.
She works night shifts in the cardiac ward.
Pro Tip 1/2Healthcare Setting
Used for areas within healthcare facilities specialized in certain treatments or patient groups.
He was admitted to the burn ward after the accident.
Pro Tip 2/2Specific Care
'Ward' often pairs with a type of medical care to describe where that care happens.
She works night shifts in the cardiac ward.
Pro Tip 1/2Healthcare Setting
Used for areas within healthcare facilities specialized in certain treatments or patient groups.
He was admitted to the burn ward after the accident.
Pro Tip 2/2Specific Care
'Ward' often pairs with a type of medical care to describe where that care happens.
She works night shifts in the cardiac ward.
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5 skin health myths to...
We all need sunscreen to ward off damage. Black and Hispanic patients are also more likely to have skin cancer detected at advanced stages. Why? Because of the many ways that racism permeates medicine. The majority of dermatologists are white, and we're trained to diagnose on white skin.
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Can you solve the...
But your friends are on their way, and if you can survive until they arrive, they should be able to help stop him. The evil wizard’s protective charms ward off every spell you know, so in an act of desperation you throw the only object in reach at
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Peter Saul: Let's talk...
I was called down to the ward to see him. His is the little hand. I was called down to the ward to see him by a respiratory physician. He said, "Look, there's a guy down here. He's got pneumonia, and he looks like he needs intensive care.
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The Unsung Heroes of the...
And up ahead, there's this group of little brown birds and I want to know why anything is flying around in this. The Arctic's brutal weather wards off almost every bird on the planet, except for a few determined little characters.
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The case of the...
which raises the worry about a lack of genetic diversity which could weaken bees' defenses against pathogens and pests. Exhibit Chemicals. Pesticides used both on commercial beehives and agricultural crops to ward off parasites
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A tale of mental illness...
So I'm a woman with chronic schizophrenia. I've spent hundreds of days in psychiatric hospitals. I might have ended up spending most of my life on the back ward of a hospital, but that isn't how my life turned out.
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How smart are dolphins?...
is second only to humans. Dolphins have evolved to survive through their ability to form complex social networks that hunt, ward off rivals, and raise offspring together. For example, one group of Florida dolphins
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Our lonely society makes...
that it even helps people who are struggling with mental health issues. During the blitz in London, admissions to psychiatric wards went down during the bombings. For a while, that was the kind of country
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Learning a new language...
muscle and so that means if you practice it we have evidence that learning a language in your later years can help you ward off the onset of dementia later on might as much as four or five years
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Bully Bottlenose...
females and harass young males but spottage joined forces to ward them off often calling on neighboring groups to help the bully tries to stand his ground but
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5 skin health myths to...
We all need sunscreen to ward off damage. Black and Hispanic patients are also more likely to have skin cancer detected at advanced stages. Why? Because of the many ways that racism permeates medicine. The majority of dermatologists are white, and we're trained to diagnose on white skin.
Video examples
Can you solve the...
But your friends are on their way, and if you can survive until they arrive, they should be able to help stop him. The evil wizard’s protective charms ward off every spell you know, so in an act of desperation you throw the only object in reach at
Video examples
Peter Saul: Let's talk...
I was called down to the ward to see him. His is the little hand. I was called down to the ward to see him by a respiratory physician. He said, "Look, there's a guy down here. He's got pneumonia, and he looks like he needs intensive care.
Video examples
The Unsung Heroes of the...
And up ahead, there's this group of little brown birds and I want to know why anything is flying around in this. The Arctic's brutal weather wards off almost every bird on the planet, except for a few determined little characters.
Video examples
The case of the...
which raises the worry about a lack of genetic diversity which could weaken bees' defenses against pathogens and pests. Exhibit Chemicals. Pesticides used both on commercial beehives and agricultural crops to ward off parasites
Video examples
A tale of mental illness...
So I'm a woman with chronic schizophrenia. I've spent hundreds of days in psychiatric hospitals. I might have ended up spending most of my life on the back ward of a hospital, but that isn't how my life turned out.
Video examples
How smart are dolphins?...
is second only to humans. Dolphins have evolved to survive through their ability to form complex social networks that hunt, ward off rivals, and raise offspring together. For example, one group of Florida dolphins
Video examples
Our lonely society makes...
that it even helps people who are struggling with mental health issues. During the blitz in London, admissions to psychiatric wards went down during the bombings. For a while, that was the kind of country
Video examples
Learning a new language...
muscle and so that means if you practice it we have evidence that learning a language in your later years can help you ward off the onset of dementia later on might as much as four or five years
Video examples
Bully Bottlenose...
females and harass young males but spottage joined forces to ward them off often calling on neighboring groups to help the bully tries to stand his ground but
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Randeep Hooda
Indian Actor
We had a great dramatics department in school, so I did a lot of plays and theatre there. Later, when I was the captain of our student's ward, I figured out that if you find something you really love to do, you don't have to work for the rest of your life! You can just have fun and still excel in it because you enjoy what you do.
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Sheri L. Dew
American Author
Neither man nor woman is perfect or complete without the other. Thus, no marriage or family, no ward or stake is likely to reach its full potential until husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, men and women work together in unity of purpose, respecting and relying upon each other's strengths.
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Lois Lowry
American Writer
When I create characters, I create a world to inhabit and they begin to feel very real for me. I don't belong in a psych ward, I don't think, but they become very real, like my own family, and then I have to say goodbye, close the door, and work on other things.
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Charles Bukowski
American Author
What my character is or how many jails I have lounged in, or wards or walls or wassails, how many lonely-heart poetry readings I have dodged, is beside the point. A man's soul or lack of it will be evident with what he can carve upon a white sheet of paper.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.
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Russell M. Nelson
American Clergyman
My dear sisters, whatever your calling, whatever your circumstances, we need your impressions, your insights, and your inspiration. We need you to speak up and speak out in ward and stake councils.
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Nina Conti
English Actress
I'm training to become a giggle doctor. It's a kind of hospital clown who changes the atmosphere on the ward and helps recovery. It's about making patients laugh but also much more.
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Konnie Huq
British Celebrity
An emergency on the labour ward needs to be addressed within minutes or else lifelong disability or even death can follow for the baby or mother.
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Emma Willis
English Celebrity
In a parallel universe I am delivering babies or working on a children's ward. TV was my plan B really - plan A was always medicine.
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Stephen Lewis
Canadian Politician
Men haven't changed their behaviour, so women somehow have to be strengthened to be able to ward off the men.
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Randeep Hooda
Indian Actor
We had a great dramatics department in school, so I did a lot of plays and theatre there. Later, when I was the captain of our student's ward, I figured out that if you find something you really love to do, you don't have to work for the rest of your life! You can just have fun and still excel in it because you enjoy what you do.
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Sheri L. Dew
American Author
Neither man nor woman is perfect or complete without the other. Thus, no marriage or family, no ward or stake is likely to reach its full potential until husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, men and women work together in unity of purpose, respecting and relying upon each other's strengths.
Quote examples
Lois Lowry
American Writer
When I create characters, I create a world to inhabit and they begin to feel very real for me. I don't belong in a psych ward, I don't think, but they become very real, like my own family, and then I have to say goodbye, close the door, and work on other things.
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Charles Bukowski
American Author
What my character is or how many jails I have lounged in, or wards or walls or wassails, how many lonely-heart poetry readings I have dodged, is beside the point. A man's soul or lack of it will be evident with what he can carve upon a white sheet of paper.
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Franz Kafka
Novelist
Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.
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Russell M. Nelson
American Clergyman
My dear sisters, whatever your calling, whatever your circumstances, we need your impressions, your insights, and your inspiration. We need you to speak up and speak out in ward and stake councils.
Quote examples
Nina Conti
English Actress
I'm training to become a giggle doctor. It's a kind of hospital clown who changes the atmosphere on the ward and helps recovery. It's about making patients laugh but also much more.
Quote examples
Konnie Huq
British Celebrity
An emergency on the labour ward needs to be addressed within minutes or else lifelong disability or even death can follow for the baby or mother.
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Emma Willis
English Celebrity
In a parallel universe I am delivering babies or working on a children's ward. TV was my plan B really - plan A was always medicine.
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Stephen Lewis
Canadian Politician
Men haven't changed their behaviour, so women somehow have to be strengthened to be able to ward off the men.
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