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ward
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A ward is a large room in a hospital that is shared by several patients at the same time, or it is a part of a hospital that has rooms for patients who have the same type of condition or are similar in some way.
Each ward in the small hospital has beds for twelve patients.Jacob made friends with some of the other children who had rooms on the children's ward.When my grandfather was in the hospital, he was in the same ward as other people who had problems with their heart.- synonyms:
- room, wing
- similar words:
- area, division, floor, section, unit
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| definition 2: |
A ward is a division of a city or town. One of its main purposes is for making the process of voting go smoothly. When people vote in elections, they vote in the ward that they live in.
Our city is divided into five wards, and each elects its own representative to the city council.- similar words:
- area, division, quarter, region, section, zone
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A ward is a division of a prison.
The two men had cells in the same ward of the prison.- synonyms:
- division
- similar words:
- area, floor, section, wing
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| definition 4: |
A ward is a child who has been legally placed in the home of someone who is not their parent, or someone who is placed in some kind of institution by a court of law. The adult person or institution that takes care of the ward has legal responsibility for them. A ward is often a child--one without parents who can take care of them--but a ward can also be an adult who must be taken care of by others because they can't take care of themselves.
After her parents died, Anne became a ward of her aunt.A child who has been adopted is not called a "ward." This child is just called an "adopted child." A child who is temporarily living with other people is not considered a "ward" either.- similar words:
- charge, orphan
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neighborhood |
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