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ward
1[ wawrd ]
noun
- a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
Synonyms:
- one of the districts into which certain English and Scottish boroughs are divided.
- a division, floor, or room of a hospital for a particular class or group of patients:
a convalescent ward; a critical ward.
- any of the separate divisions of a prison.
- a political subdivision of a parish in Louisiana.
- Mormon Church. one of the subdivisions of a stake, presided over by a bishop.
- Fortification. an open space within or between the walls of a castle or fortified place:
the castle's lower ward.
- Law.
- a person, especially a minor, who has been legally placed under the care of a guardian or a court.
- the state of being under the care or control of a legal guardian.
- guardianship over a minor or some other person legally incapable of managing their own affairs.
- the state of being under restraining guard or in custody.
- a person who is under the protection or control of another.
Synonyms:
- a movement or posture of defense, as in fencing.
- a curved ridge of metal inside a lock, forming an obstacle to the passage of a key that does not have a corresponding notch.
- the notch or slot in the bit of a key into which such a ridge fits.
- the act of keeping guard or protective watch:
watch and ward.
- Archaic. a company of guards or a garrison.
verb (used with object)
- to avert, repel, or turn aside (danger, harm, an attack, an assailant, etc.) (usually followed by off ):
to ward off a blow; to ward off evil.
Synonyms: ,
- to place in a ward, as of a hospital or prison.
- Archaic. to protect; guard.
Ward
2[ wawrd ]
noun
- (Aaron) Montgomery, 1843–1913, U.S. merchant and mail-order retailer.
- ·ٱ· [ahr, -t, uh, -m, uh, s], 1727–1800, American general in the American Revolution.
- ·ٱ·ܲ [ahr, -t, uh, -m, uh, s], Charles Farrar Browne, 1834–67, U.S. humorist.
- Barbara Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, 1914–81, English economist and author.
- Mrs. Humphry Mary Augusta Arnold, 1851–1920, English novelist, born in Tasmania.
- Sir Joseph George, 1856–1930, New Zealand statesman, born in Australia: prime minister of New Zealand 1906–12, 1928–30.
- Lester Frank, 1841–1913, U.S. sociologist.
- Nathaniel Theodore de la Guard, 1578?–1652, English clergyman, lawyer, and author in America.
- a male given name.
-ward
3- a native English suffix denoting spatial or temporal direction, as specified by the initial element:
toward; seaward; afterward; backward.
-ward
1suffix
- forming adjectives indicating direction towards
heavenward progress
a backward step
- forming adverbs a variant and the usual US and Canadian form of -wards
ward
2/ ɔː /
noun
- (in many countries) a district into which a city, town, parish, or other area is divided for administration, election of representatives, etc
- a room in a hospital, esp one for patients requiring similar kinds of care
a maternity ward
- one of the divisions of a prison
- an open space enclosed within the walls of a castle
- law
- Also calledward of court a person, esp a minor or one legally incapable of managing his own affairs, placed under the control or protection of a guardian or of a court
- guardianship, as of a minor or legally incompetent person
- the state of being under guard or in custody
- a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
- a means of protection
- an internal ridge or bar in a lock that prevents an incorrectly cut key from turning
- a corresponding groove cut in a key
- a less common word for warden 1
verb
- archaic.tr to guard or protect
Ward
3/ ɔː /
noun
- WardBarbara (Mary), Baroness Jackson19141981FBritishSOCIAL SCIENCE: economistSCIENCE: environmentalistWRITING: writer Dame Barbara ( Mary ), Baroness Jackson. 1914–81, British economist, environmentalist, and writer. Her books include Spaceship Earth (1966)
- WardHumphry, Mrs18511920FEnglishWRITING: novelist Mrs Humphry, married name of Mary Augusta Arnold. 1851–1920, English novelist. Her novels include Robert Elsmere (1888) and The Case of Richard Meynell (1911)
- WardSir Joseph George18561930MNew ZealandPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Sir Joseph George. 1856–1930, New Zealand statesman; prime minister of New Zealand (1906–12; 1928–30)
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Spelling Note
Both -ward and -wards occur in such words as backward, forward, upward, and toward. The -ward form is by far the more common in edited American English writing.
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Derived Forms
- ˈɲ, adjective
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Other Word Forms
- ɲl adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ward1
Old English -weard towards
Origin of ward2
Old English weard protector; related to Old High German wart, Old Saxon ward, Old Norse vorthr. See guard
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Kilimanjaro and “Big Busk” walking concerts between cancer wards in Wales.
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In 2017, his Big Busk involved a walk between cancer wards at each north Wales hospital and ended on the summit of Snowdon.
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In one, a young fighter was being treated in a wooden ward with a dirt floor.
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She'd do rounds at the wards before, after and in between regular appointments.
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Jolie’s father and Nema spent the night of the fire hosing down the house in an attempt to ward off the flames.
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