ward
Protection, defenceProtection, defence.: The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
» Tom is my ward.
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16 sensesProtection, defence.
(countable, uncountable)The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
Wache
(countable, uncountable)Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
(countable, uncountable)An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering; approaching; or even being able to locate said protected premises or demographic.
(countable, uncountable)A guarding or defensive motion or position.
(countable, historical, uncountable)Land tenure through military service.
A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.
(countable, uncountable)An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
(countable, uncountable)A section or subdivision of a prison.
ка́мераkámera
(countable, uncountable)An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
On our last visit to Tokyo, we went to Chiyoda ward and visited the Emperor’s palace.
(UK, countable, uncountable)A division of a forest.
a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
(Mormonism, countable, uncountable)A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
Gemeinde
большо́й прихо́дbolʹšój prixód, прихо́дprixód
прихо́дpryxód
(countable, uncountable)A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
Station
пала́таpaláta
пала́таpaláta
A person under guardianship.
(countable, uncountable)A minor looked after by a guardian.
After the trial, little Robert was declared a ward of the state.
Mündel, Pflegling
подопе́чныйpodopéčnyj, подопе́чнаяpodopéčnaja
під опі́коюpid opíkoju
Examples
78 sentencesTom is my ward.
Tom is in the psych ward.
Please be quiet within the ward.
Daniel was transferred into the best ward.
Karl was assigned to the Alzheimer's ward.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 5
By meaning 6
Origin
From Middle English warde, from Old English weard (“keeper, watchman, guard, guardian, proFrom Middle English warde, from Old English weard (“keeper, watchman, guard, guardian, protector; lord, king; possessor”), from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard, keeper”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Cognate with Dutch waard, German Wart.
From Middle English ward, warde, from Old English weard (“watching, ward, protection, guardianship; advance post; waiting for, lurking, ambuscade”), from Proto-West Germanic *wardu, from Proto-Germanic *wardō (“protection, attention, keeping”), an extension of the stem *wara- (“attentive”) (English wary, beware), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover”).
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Forms
plural: wardsSynonyms
9 synonyms- block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care:hospital ward
- United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913):Montgomery WardAaron Montgomery Ward
- English economist and conservationist (1914-1981):Barbara WardBaroness Jackson of Lodsworth
- a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells):cellblock
- English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920):Mary Augusta WardMrs. Humphrey WardMary Augusta Arnold Ward