Ward
61ward — 1 noun (C) 1 a large room in a hospital where people who need medical treatment stay: She s in charge of three different wards. | maternity/general/geriatric etc ward (=a ward for people with a particular medical condition) 2 BrE one of the small …
62ward — [[t]wɔrd[/t]] n. 1) gov a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes 2) gov one of the districts into which certain English and Scottish boroughs are divided 3) a division or large room of a hospital for a …
63ward — [OE] Ward and guard are ultimately the same word. Both go back to a prehistoric West Germanic *wartho ‘watching over’. But whereas guard reached English via Old French, ward is a lineal descendant of the Germanic word. The noun originally meant… …
64ward — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weard & Anglo French warde, garde, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German warta act of watching, Old English warian to beware of, guard, wær careful more at guard, wary Date: before 12th… …
65ward — 1. noun /wɔːd/ a) Protection, defence. no gate they found, them to withhold, / Nor ward to wait at morne and euening late [...]. b) an enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or a social unit that prevents any tres …
66ward — noun 1) the surgical ward Syn: room, department, unit, area, wing 2) the majority of voters in our ward are Democrats Syn: district, constituency, division, quarter, zone, parish 3) …
67-ward — aff. use a suffix denoting spatial or temporal direction, as specified by the initial element: afterward; backward; seaward. Also, wards • Etymology: ME; OE weard, c. OFris, OS ward, OHG wart; akin to L vertere to turn (see verse) usage: Words… …
68ward — n. & v. n. 1 a separate room or division of a hospital, prison, etc. (men s surgical ward). 2 a Brit. an administrative division of a constituency, usu. electing a councillor or councillors etc. b esp. US a similar administrative division. 3 a a… …
69Ward — n. & v. n. 1 a separate room or division of a hospital, prison, etc. (men s surgical ward). 2 a Brit. an administrative division of a constituency, usu. electing a councillor or councillors etc. b esp. US a similar administrative division. 3 a a… …
70-ward — I. adjective suffix also wards Etymology: ward from Middle English, from Old English weard; akin to Old High German wart, wert ward, Latin vertere to turn; wards from wards, adverb suffix more at worth 1. that moves, tends, faces, or is directed… …
