Čo znamená ward v angličtine a aká je definícia ward?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť ward výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

ward Význam & definícia

0 one of the parts or large rooms into which a hospital is divided, usually with beds for patients:
- a geriatric/maternity/psychiatric ward
1 (in many countries) one of the areas into which a city or town is divided, having its own elected political representative or its own organizations for managing services
2 a person, especially a child, who is legally put under the protection of a law court or a guardian:
- The girl was made a ward of court to stop her father taking her out of the country.
3 towards the stated place or direction:
- At least we're homeward bound.
4 a large room in a hospital which is used for treating people with similar illnesses or conditions:
- the pediatric/maternity ward
5 a person, esp. a child, who is legally under the protection or care of another person or of a court or government:
- The agency serves youths who are wards of the state.
6 a political division within a city:
- the fifth ward

The ward was full of children infected with TB.
She works in the geriatric ward.
Two hospital wards have had to be closed for fumigation.
The new ward was opened by the Prince of Wales.
The emergency wards are full of casualties from the crash.
There they shared wards with non-addicted patients with acute hepatitis.
In the ten worst housed wards, labour enjoyed solid success in six while it was only predominant in the other four.
Strategies to address the increase in elderly admissions to hospital have included the development of admissions wards to which all acute admissions are received.