ward

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Protection, defence.
2. (countable, uncountable) Protection, defence.
3. (countable, uncountable) Protection, defence.
4. (countable, uncountable) Protection, defence.
5. (countable, historical, uncountable) Protection, defence.
6. (countable, uncountable) A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.
7. (countable, uncountable) A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.
8. (countable, uncountable) A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.
9. (UK, countable, uncountable) A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.
10. (Mormonism, countable, uncountable) A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.
11. (countable, uncountable) A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.
12. (countable, uncountable) A person under guardianship.
13. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A person under guardianship.
14. (countable, uncountable) An object used for guarding.
15. (countable, uncountable) An object used for guarding.

Verb

1. (transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
2. (transitive) To defend, to protect.
3. (transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches. (usually followed by off)
4. (intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
5. (intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.

Synonyms

guard

💂

district

division

section

area

hospital ward

department

cell

sickroom

protect

custody

guardianship

constituency

branch

aisle

compartment

watch

⌚

monitor

adopted child

keeper

neighborhood

infirmary

square

safeguard

region

room

pigeonhole

protection

specialization

cellblock

foster child

flank

farm

estate

conserve

electorate

electoral district

election district

domain

charge

borough

look out

land

keep

jail

lot

distinguish

isolation ward

neighbourhood

discriminate

Translations

quartier

pupil

pupille

pupilo

Mündel

Station

🛑

garde

💂

salle

guarda

💂

koğuş

afdeling

Stadtbezirk

reparto

pupillus pupilla

pavillon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɔːd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ward

Inherited from Old English: weard

Cognate with Dutch: waard

Cognate with German: Wart

Cognate with English: wary

Cognate with German: Warte

Cognate with English: guard

Inherited from Middle English: warden

Inherited from Old English: weardian

In summary

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”).
Cognate with German Warte (“watchtower”), warten (“wait for”); English guard is a parallel form which came via Old French.

Sentences

Her waters broke so she was taken to the maternity assessment ward .