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Ward

Definitions: Ward

Ward

Noun

1. A person who is under the protection or in the custody of another.

2. A district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections.

3. Block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward".

4. English economist and conservationist (1914-1981).

5. English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920).

6. United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913).

7. A division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells).

Verb

1. Watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Ward" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to guard".

Date "ward" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)


Specialty Definitions: Ward

DomainDefinitions

Bible

Ward a prison (Gen. 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isa. 21:8); a guard (Neh. 13:30). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
 A large room in a hospital where a number of patients are accommodated (a 4-bed --) (a 12-bed --). Source: European Union. (references)
 A division in a hospital for the care of patients suffering the same disease. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Ward

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ward."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Ward

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

WARD

EnglishWestinghouse Advanced Reactors DivisionNuclear Energy & Physics

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Ward

Synonyms: cellblock (n), hospital ward (n), guard (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Ward

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Care

Watchfulness; Adjective: vigilance, surveillance, eyes of Argus, watch, vigil, look out, watch and ward, loeil du maitre.

Verb: be careful; Adjective: reck; take care; (be cautious); pay attention to; take care of; look to, look after, see to, see after; keep an eye on, keep a sharp eye on; chaperon, matronize, play gooseberry; keep watch, keep watch and ward; mount guard, set watch, watch; keep in sight, keep in view; mind, mind one's business.

Defense

Verb: defend, forfend, fend; shield, screen, shroud; engarrison; fend round; (circumscribe); fence, entrench, intrench; guard; (keep safe); guard against; take care of; (vigilance); bear harmless; fend off, keep off, ward off, beat off, beat back; hinder.

Noun: defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding;Verb: propugnation, preservation; guardianship.

Government

Politician, activist; candidate, aspirant, hopeful, office-seeker, front-runner, dark horse, long shot, shoo-in; supporter, backer, political worker, campaign worker; lobbyist, contributor; party hack, ward heeler; regional candidate, favorite son; running mate, stalking horse; perpetual candidate, political animal.

County, parish; city, domain, tract, arrondissement, mofussil, commune; wappentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth, soke, tithing; ward, precinct, bailiwick.

Hindrance

Keep off, stave off, ward off; obviate; avert, antevert; turn aside, draw off, prevent, forefend, nip in the bud; retard, slacken, check, let; counteract, countercheck; preclude, debar, foreclose, estop; inhibit; shackle; (restrain); restrict.

Keeper

Noun: keeper, custodian, custos, ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey, castellan, guard; watchdog, watchman; Charley; chokidar, durwan, hayward; sentry, sentinel; watch and ward; concierge, coast guard, guarda costa, game keeper.

Part

Noun: part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any; division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse; article, passage; sector, segment; fraction, fragment; cantle, frustum; detachment, parcel.

Refuge

Noun: refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness; acropolis; keep, last resort; ward; prison; asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute; almshouse; hiding place; (ambush); sanctum sanctorum; (privacy).

Restraint

Arrest, arrestation; custody, keep, care, charge, ward, restringency.

Safety

Make safe, render safe; Adjective:; protect; take care of; (care); preserve; cover, screen, shelter, shroud, flank, ward; guard; (defend); secure; (restrain); entrench, intrench, fence round; (circumscribe); house, nestle, ensconce; take charge of.

Servant

Serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot; bondsman, bondswoman; bondslave; ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe; villian, villein; beadsman, bedesman; sizar; pensioner, pensionary; client; dependant, dependent; hanger on, satellite; parasite; (servility); led captain; protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature.

Warning

Watchtower, beacon, signal post; lighthouse; (indication of locality). sentinel, sentry; watch, watchman; watch and ward; watchdog, bandog, housedog; patrol, patrolman, vedette, picket, bivouac, scout, spy, spial; undercover agent, mole, plainclothesman; advanced guard, rear guard; lookout.

Beware, ware; take warning, take heed at one's peril; keep watch and ward; (care).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Ward

English words defined with "ward": Aldermanry, Artemus Ward, Asron Montgomery Ward, AverruncateBarbara Ward, Bridge-wardCastle-guard, Casualty ward, cautionary, City ward, conservator-ward relationdetox, DomettHenry Ward Beecher, Hieratic character, hospital wardJulia Ward HoweMary Augusta Arnold Ward, Montgomery Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Wardpreventive, prophylacticRelative termSt John's wort, StreetwardThitherward, Tyburn ticketward off, Ward staff, Ward-corn, Warded, Wardian, Warding, Wardmote, Wardship, Wardsman, Watch and ward. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ward": admissions clerk, assistant therapy aide, asylum attendantBOUNTYCarbuncle of Ward Hill, charge attendant, charge nurse, chemical dependency attendant, Chinese Gordon, Clergyman, clinic clerk, COPAIFERA OFFICINALISdietary aideFarringdon Ward, FIRST-AID ATTENDANT, Fly-trap, FOOD-SERVICE WORKER, HOSPITALGolden VersesHOSPITAL-ADMITTING CLERK, hospital-receiving clerk, House-leek, Hundred-handedI'vanhoeKnight's WardLangbourn Wardmedical clerkNails driven into Cottage Walls, nurse, first aidPortsoken Ward, PSYCHIATRIC AIDE, psychiatric attendantRUMBOYLESnakestheatre sister, Therapeutic Community, tray workerUar, UtgardVintry Ward, voting districtWalbrook Ward, ward attendant, ward clerk, Ward drill, Ward Money, Ward-penny, ward sister, Warts. (references)
Etymologies containing "ward": ArcturusBearwardHaywardParachute, ParapetVawardWarden, Wardrobe, Wardsman. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Ward" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Manx (ward, ward hospital).

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Modern Usage: Ward

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Did you cast a spell to ward off demonic parasites? (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

And they dressed up in costumes, hoping to ward off the evil spirits. (Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers; writing credit: Debra Hill; John Carpenter)

Or check into a psycho ward, which ever comes first huh. (Big Trouble in Little China; writing credit: Gary Goldman; David Z. Weinstein)

Happy! Ward, you tell me the meaning of happy. (Ordinary People; writing credit: Judith Guest; Alvin Sargent)

Hey if you going to get all Ward Cleaver on me, I gonna have to call Eddie and Lumpy and tell I'm gonna be late. (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset)

Movie/TV Titles

Mr. Ward Llaman de Jamaica (1968)

Emergency: Ward 9 (1966)

Bayaet el ward (1960)

Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959)

Emergency Ward (1959)

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Commercial Usage: Ward

DomainTitle

References

  • Ward Holdings Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

  • Cancer Ward (reference)

  • Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalogue and Buyer's Guide No. 57, Spring and Summer 1895 (reference)

  • The Machine in Ward Eleven (reference)

  • The Magician's Ward (reference)

  • Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892-1895 (reference)

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Periodicals

  

Music

  

High Tech

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Photo Album: Ward

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Two Zairian nurses wear protective clothing while changing the bedding in an Ebola VHF isolation ward, Kikwit, Zaire, 1995.Credit: CDC.

A Zairian nurse in full protective clothing prepares to enter the isolation ward during the Ebola VHF outbreak in Kikwit, Zaire, 1995.Credit: CDC.

Fisherman displaying fish caught in St. Paul Harbor. Umbrella hat frees hands for more important fishing tasks. Umbrella hat necessary to protect from frequent showers, not ward off the midnight sun. Apparently this fisherman did not consult the local weather forecast as a clear sky would indicate few showers .Credit: Fisheries.

The ward room. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate XI, p. 111.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Secretary of the Air Force Whit Peters walks the flightline at Yokota AB, Japan, with Capt. Jeffrey Ward, 44th Fighter Squadron, prior to an F-15 Eagle flight to Kadena Air Base, Japan. The stop at Yokota Nov. 22 was part of the secretary's tour of bases.

If we decide to donate blood, most of us would like to control when we donate it-and to whom. So mosquitoes are an outdoor nuisance to be avoided, as are biting flies, ticks, and chiggers. We ward all of them off with deet, a strong repellant that ARS discovered 40 years ago. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Ward MassacreOregon TrailLower Snake River District.Credit: W. Meyer.

Dave Willis and Wendell Ward at Lower Camp Creek riding horses.Credit: Frank Lang.

Caption: Edison's Shop, Edison & Unger, 10-12 Ward St; Newark, NJ; 1873; {10.260/2} (jpg).

Indian Hospital, Sante Fe, New Mexico : Men's ward ( about 12 beds, average) / Kyllingstad.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Ward

AuthorQuotation

Henry Ward Beecher

Now comes the mystery.
The dog is the god of frolic.
True obedience is true freedom.
A church debt is the devil's salary.
All words are pegs to hang ideas on.
Suffering is part of the divine idea.
Work is not a curse, but drudgery is!
Good-humor makes all things tolerable.
Repentance is another name for aspiration.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Ward

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The urinary system is structured in a way that helps ward off infection. (references)

The need for this sophisticated machinery is one reason why Guillain-Barrè syndrome patients are usually treated in hospitals, often in an intensive care ward. In the hospital, doctors can also look for and treat the many problems that can afflict any paralyzed patient complications such as pneumonia or bed sores. (references)

Business

As a result, these consumers tend to turn to the use of nutritional supplements to ward off and reduce the incidence of minor ailments instead of paying the $10 price for a single prescription. (references)

Given that the cost to the consumer of NHS-subsidised prescriptions has risen from $5.60 to almost $10 between 1990 and 2000, preventative care, which includes taking nutritional supplements to ward off illness, has become a less expensive alternative to prescription drugs for many consumers. (references)

Children

Afghanistan

Physicians for Human Rights reported that children at times were denied medical care when the authorities did not let male doctors visit children's wards, which in some instances are located within the women's ward of a hospital, or did not allow male doctors to treat children accompanied only by their mothers. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bangladesh

One of the accused is a local Awami League leader and another is a ward commissioner of the Khulna City Corporation. (references)

Bangladesh

On April 18, armed men led by Chittagong City Corporation's Ward Commissioner and Awami League member Mamunur Rashid assaulted two reporters from Chittagong's Bengali language newspaper Purbokon following the publication of a report critical of Rashid. (references)

Economic History

Bahrain

The center also has a maternity ward and an intensive care unit. (references)

India

The Companies (Amendment) Ordinance of 1999 permits companies to buy back their shares in the market to ward off hostile attacks and make inter-corporate investments. (references)

South Korea

In June 1995, Korea held direct elections for local and provincial executive officials (mayors, governors, county and ward chiefs) for the first time in more than 30 years. (references)

Human Rights

Turkey

Until late 2000, prisons were run on the ward system and most prisoners lived in 50-100 person wards. (references)

Panama

The media reported that the prison's medical ward treated five inmates suffering from minor injuries caused by exposure to tear gas. (references)

Turkey

In some cases, the ward inmates indoctrinated and punished fellow prisoners, resulting in gang and terrorist group domination of entire wards. (references)

Travel

Japan

Foreign residents in Japan longer than 90 days must obtain an Alien Registration Card, available free of charge from the municipal office of the city or ward of residence in Japan. (references)

Mexico

U.S. Embassy staff who need urgent medical care generally visit the ABC Hospital, tel: 5230-8000; emergency ward 5230-8161-4. Other good private hospitals and clinics located around the city include the Angeles Group (various locations); Medica Sur (south Mexico City), and Clinica Londres (central). (references)

Women

Poland

In August 2000, a prosecutor charged a former director of a hospital emergency ward of sexually harassing six nurses; the case continued at year's end. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

BOUNTY, n. The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can. A single swallow, it is said, devours ten millions of insects every year. The supplying of these insects I take to be a signal instance of the Creator's bounty in providing for the lives of His creatures. Henry Ward Beecher

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Ward

"Ward" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.26% of the time. "Ward" is used about 3,338 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)60.26%2,0124,286
Noun (proper)39.59%1,3226,001
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.12%4175,879
Unclassified Items0.03%1339,140
                    Total100.00%3,338N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Ward

The following table summarizes the usage of "ward" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
WardFirst name Male10,000687
WardLast name108,00066
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Ward

CountryName
United Kingdom

Ward Holdings Plc

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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Cities: Ward


1. Ward, AL
Zip Code(s): 36922
Country: USA


2. Ward, AR (city, FIPS 73130)
Location: 35.01886 N, 91.95503 W
Population (1990): 1269 (506 housing units)
Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 72176
Country: USA


3. Ward, CO (town, FIPS 82735)
Location: 40.07250 N, 105.51128 W
Population (1990): 159 (100 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 80481
Country: USA


4. Ward, SC (town, FIPS 74590)
Location: 33.85719 N, 81.73232 W
Population (1990): 132 (59 housing units)
Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 29166
Country: USA


5. Ward, SD (town, FIPS 68660)
Location: 44.15536 N, 96.46079 W
Population (1990): 35 (22 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 57074
Country: USA

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Expressions: Ward

Expressions using "ward": Artemus Ward Asron Montgomery Ward Barbara Ward be in ward casualty ward City ward court of ward emergency ward Henry Ward Beecher hospital ward in ward isolation ward Julia Ward Howe keep watch and ward La Ward labor ward Mary Augusta Arnold Ward maternity ward medical ward Montgomery Ward Mrs. Humphrey Ward observation ward obstetric ward obstetrical ward outer ward postnatal ward private ward put in ward Seth Ward Ward County ward heeler ward in chancery ward of court ward off ward penny ward sister ward staff watch and ward. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "ward": Ward-baker, ward-based, ward-changes, Ward-corn, ward-heeler, Ward-jackson, Ward-Léonard, Ward-Leonard, ward-made, ward-maid, ward-of-court, ward-room.

Ending with "ward": a-ward, Barrington-ward, Bridge-ward, Brooks-ward, delivery-ward, echo-ward, empty-ward, goal-ward, ierusalem-ward, left-ward, long-ago-real-ward, March-ward, nether-ward, Okazaki-ward, on-ward, Romano-ward, sick-ward, side-ward, sisteradmission-ward, sub-ward, together-ward, vision-ward.

Containing "ward": conservator-ward relation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ward

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
  ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  kennan ward

2,573

  susan ward picture

62

  steven ward

2,115

  single ward

56

  susan ward

1,257

  susan ward pic

53

  montgomery ward

671

  island randalls ward

51

  rachel ward

469

  elizabeth ward gracen

50

  ward

374

  ward bond

48

  sela ward

323

  automotive ward

47

  ward burton

237

  vonda ward

40

  mickey ward

153

  fred ward

40

  bill ward

152

  hines ward

39

  susan ward nude

134

  ward connerly

38

  gatti ward

107

  nancy ward

38

  ward trucking

103

  ward co

37

  tony ward

102

  m ward

37

  micky ward

102

  actress ward

35

  maitland ward

85

  ward kendall

34

  anthony ward

77

  sincerely ward

33

  gatti vs ward

73

  scooter ward

32

  megan ward

65

  bob ward

32

  burt ward

62

  sela ward nude

32
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Modern Translations: Ward

Language Translations for "ward"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

zonë elektorale (constituency, precinct), sallë (assembly room, auditorium, hall, house, room, saloon, school, theater, theatre), rojë (custodian, escort, guard, guards, guardsman, janitor, keeper, look out, picket, piquet, sentinel, sentry, vigil, watchman), pavijon spitale, lagje (neighbor, neighborhood, neighbour, neighbourhood, quarter, section, Square, Vicinage), i mitur (infant, minor, underage), godinë burgu, dhëmb i çelësit. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏وقاء أداة وقاية من كذا, ‏وصاية (custody, guardianship, mandate, trusteeship, tutelage), ‏حي (active, alive, animate, animated, block, district, existent, graphic, graphical, lifelike, live, lively, living, neighborhood, neighbourhood, nod, part, pictorial, picturesque, quarter, reanimate, recall, regenerate, section, vivid), ‏حرس (escort, guard, guarding, lifeguard, patrol, safeguard, shepherd, squire, watch, watchdog), ‏حراسة (guard rail, guardianship, keeping, safeguard, sentry, watch), ‏سن في مفتاح, ‏صد (alienation, baffle, balk, baulk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, jolt, kick, negative, parry, poach, push, push aside, push back, quash, rebuff, repel, repudiate, repulse, repulsion, return, riposte, snub, spurn, stamp down, stave, stay, stay away, stem, throwback, toss, turn away, ward off), ‏جناح في المستشفى, ‏جناح (annexe, flank, lean to, pavilion, suite, van, wing), ‏القاصر الموضوع تحت الحراسة, ‏اعتقال, ‏رعاية (auspices, care, charge, cultivation, custody, favor, favour, inspection, nursing, patronage, protection, sponsor, sponsorship, tutorship), ‏دائرة إنتخابية (constituency, district, precinct, riding). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

нарез (groove, indent, knurl, rifle, thread, track), пазя (guard, hoard, invigilate, keep, mind, preserve, protect, screen, spare, treasure up, watch, watch over), павилион (kiosk, pavilion), парирам (avert, fence, fence off, fend off, foil), повереник (charge, client), предотвратявам (avert, fence off, fend, fend off, forestall, prevent), протекция (patronage, protection, push, umbrella), болнично отделение, лице под опека, пазене (protection), защитавам (champion, defend, guard, keep, maintain, protect, shelter, shield, solicit, vindicate), стажа, настанявам в приют, настанявам в болнично отделение, настойничество (tutelage, tutorship, wardship), опека (guardianship, trust, trusteeship, wardship), отблъсквам (avert, beat off, counter, drive back, estrange, fight off, foil, head off, jar, press back, push away, push back, put off, rebuff, reject, repulse, resist, spurn, stave off, throw back, thrust aside, turn off), отбранително положение (guard), вътрешен двор на замък, вътрешен двор на крепост, квартал (borough, neighborhood, neighbourhood, quarter, section), административен градски район. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

病区 (wards), 病房 (sickroom). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vizita, vazba (arrest, binding, committal, contexture, custody, detention, government, hunk, linkage, weave), schovanec (nurse child), poruèenec, ochrana (Buckler, condom, escort, guardianship, hedge, patronage, protection, shield, umbrella), nemocnièní sál, hlídat (guard, Mark, mind, tend, watch, watch over), chránit (defend, guard, patronize, police, preserve, protect, screen, shade, shelter, shield), cela (cell). (various references)

   

Danish

  

kvarter (district, neighbourhood, quarter, quarter of an hour), bydel (district, neighbourhood, quarter, urban district, urban quarter). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wijk (canal, channel, district, quarter), buurt (district, neighborhood, neighbourhood, proximity, quarter, vicinity). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

forklini (parry, ward off), ŝirmi sin kontraŭ (protect from, ward off). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

محجور (Incapable, Insolvent), نگهداری کردن (Conserve, Keep, Maintain, Patronize, Protect, Upkeep), نگهبان (Curator, Custodian, Escort, Guardian, Guardsman, Keeper, Lifeguard, Sentinel, Sentry, Warden, Watchdog, Watchman), توجه کردن (Assist, Attend, Mark, Tent), سلول زندان , صغیری که تحت قیومت باشد, اطاق عمومی بیماران بستری . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

turvatti (protegé, protegée), sali (assembly hall, drawing-room, hall), sairassali, osasto (body, compartment, cubicle, department, detachment, division, section, title, unit), holhotti, hoidokki (inmate). (various references)

   

French

  

quartier. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

ôfwarre (protect from, ward off). (various references)

   

German

  

wahlbezirk (constituency), station (phase, stage, station, stop, substation, substation of a power system), Stadtviertel (district, neighbourhood, part of town, quarter, urban district, urban quarter, ward combination), Stadtteil (district, part of town, quarter, urban district, urban quarter), stadtbezirk (borough, municipal district, municipality, urban unit), mündel, kreis (circle, circuit, constituency, cycle, district, orbit, round, set, sphere, subkingdom), krankenzimmer (hospital room, infirmary, patient's room, patients'room, sick room), krankensaal, einschnitt (break, cleft, cut, cutting, decisive point, dimple for a shot pin, excavation, excavation of trenches, gash, hack, incision, indentation, notch, retained cut, slot, trench), aussparung (blockout, cavity, contour, cutout, cut-out, embrassure, gap, n., notch, recess, step), angriff (access, aggression, assail, assault, attack, charge, offence, offense, onset, onslaught, pounce, raid, strike, whammy). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κηδεμονευόμενοσ, πτέρυγα (aisle, flank, wing), φρουρώ (guard, patrol, picket, watch), φυλάσσω από, τμήμα νοσοκομείου, τμήμα πόλεωσ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ח"ר חולים (sick bay), ח יך (apprentice, educand, neophyte, pupil, student, trainee, tyro), "ש'ח" (custody, inspection, keeping, monitoring, overseeing, regard, supervision), "' " (defence, defense, protection, security), בן חסות (protegee), ביתן (cabin, hut, kiosk, pavilion, shack). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kórterem (hospital room), gyámság (guardianship, trusteeship, tutelage, wardship). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

bangsal (lean to, market stalls, public building). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tutelare (defend, protect), tutela (buckram, defence, defense, Foster, guardianship, protection, safeguard, tutelage, wardship), reparto (department, detachment, division, party, shop, unit), quartiere (area, neighborhood, neighbourhood, quarter, saddle flap, skirt), proteggere (cover, defend, Favor, favour, guard, muffle, overshadow, patronise, patronize, preserve, promote, protect, scorers, screen, shade, shelter, shield, take care), guardia (constable, endpapers, ends, garde, guard, guarders, guarding, guardsman, keeping, look out, minder, policeman, sentry, watch, watcher), distretto (area, belt, district, neighbourhood, quarter, region), custodire (enshrine, guard, herd, keep, look after, preserve, store, take care), custodia (care, case, casing, crank chamber, crankcase, custody, enclosure, gear case, guard, housing, keeping, pack, safekeeping, safety guard, sheath, sleeve, slipcase, storage, sump), corsia (aisle, alley, carriageway, gangway, lane, passage, road, route, way). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

病舎 (hospital, infirmary), 病棟 , 監房 (cell), (district, section). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

びょうしゃ (depiction, description, hospital, infirmary, portrayal), びょうとう, か"ぼう (cell, cold, government secretariat, observation, watching), (17-syllable poem, bend over, clause, district, expression, line, nine, paragraph, passage, phrase, section, sentence, stanze, verse). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

병동 (wards). (various references)

   

Manx

  

wardys, doltey (adopt, adopted child, cadet, foster, initiate, initiation, protege, pupil). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ardway

   

Portuguese

  

vigilância (alertness, command, custody, guarding, monitoring, outlying, oversight, supervision, surveillance, vigilance, watch), vigia (a household term, bye hole, guard, inspection window, keeper, look out, lookout, lookout man, night watch, observation hole, overlooker, peep hole, peephole, porthole, scuttle, sidescuttle, sight hole, taskmaster, tender, tenter, viewer, vigilante gang, watch, watchman), tutela (custody, guardianship, protectorship, pupilage, tutelage, tutorage, wardship), relativo a tutela, proteção (aegis, backing, blindage, care, convoy, cover, defence, defense, Eglantine, Favor, favour, fostering, guard, guardianship, household troops, maintenance, palladium, patroness, protection, protectorship, safekeeping, safety, saving, security, shield, shroud, tower, umbrella), guarda (caretaker, cater, check-taker, chokidar, custodian, end leaf, endpaper, end-paper, guard, guardianship, head-dress, holding, household troops, keeper, keeping, minder, police state, protector, safe conduct, safeguard, tendance, tender, tenter, trustee, warden, watch, watcher, watchman), enfermaria (infirmary, infirmity), defesa (advantage, aegis, avail, behoof, blindage, boot, breastwork, Bunce, cover-point, defence, defense, egis, fender, firelock, household troops, interdictory, maintop, Parry, pleading, preservative, profit, protection, save, security, shield, spar, tower, vindication), custódia (charge, custody, detainer, keeping, monstrance, safekeeping, safety), cadeia (cage, calaboose, cascade, catena, chain, choky, clink, cufflink, ewer, fetter, gaol, jail, jug, network, orlop, penitentiary, pokey, prison, prison house, quad, quod, shackle, stockade, warp), ala de hospital. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

veghe (vigil, wake, wakefulness, watch), tutelã (guardianship, tutelage, tutorship), subdiviziune administrativã a unui oraş, strajã (guard, patrol, sentinel, sentry, shield, watch), strãjui (guard, watch), secţie într-o închisoare, se apãra (defend oneself, fence, fend, make a defence, protect), salon de spital, respinge un atac, respinge o loviturã, pupil (nurseling), pazã (guard, guardianship, keeping, picket, safeguard, safety, security, sentinel, sentry, watch), minor pus sub tutelã, cartier (district, neighborhood, neighbourhood, section, slum, vicinity), apãra (advocate, champion, cover, defend, fence, fend, guard, keep, maintain, protect, safeguard, save, shelter, shield). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

смотритель (caretaker, warden), камера (camera, cell, chamber, inner tire), выемка (cannelure, coulisse, cutting, gab, groove, gutter, indent, indentation, notch, notching, recess, roach), опекаемый, опека (custody, guardianship, guarding, keeping, trusteeship, tutelage, wardship), административный район, подопечный (fosterling), палата (chamber, house). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

tutorstvo (guardianship, tutelage, tutorage, tutorship), starateljstvo (custody, guardianship, mandate, trusteeship, tutelage, tutorship, wardship), odelenje (cubicle, department), gradska izborna jedinica, štićenik (protégé). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pupilo (boarder, pupil). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

sal (dining-room, hall, surface airlifted mail), avdelning (arm, body, chapter, compartment, department, part, partition, section, title, unit). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

vesayet altındaki çocuk (pupil), vesayet (tutelage, tutelar, tutelary, tutorship, wardship), korumak (buffer, charm, cocoon, conserve, convoy, cover, defend, embosom, embower, encourage, escort, fence, guard, indemnify, keep, keep guard, maintain, patronize, preserve, protect, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shade, shelter, shield, spare, sponsor, vindicate), koğuş (dorm, dormitory), kilit dili (bolt, catch), hapishane (bull pen, cage, can, choky, clink, cooler, coop, gaol, institution, jail, Nick, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, quod, roundhouse, shop, stir, stockade, tank), gözetim (custody, guard, observance, observation, oversight, superintendence, supervision, surveillance, watch), bölge (area, belt, circumscription, climate, corner, department, district, division, latitude, parts, phase, precinct, quarter, region, section, sector, sky, territory, tract, zone), şato dış avlusu, önlemek (arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, bank, circumvent, counterwork, estop, face up to, foil, foreclose, forestall, frustrate, get under control, head off, intercept, jugulate, keep back, obviate, occlude, preclude, prevent, prevent from, prohibit, repress, stay, suppress, thwart, ward off). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

виступ (address, appearance, corbel, gibbosity, jut, ledge, nib, offset, overhang, projection, promontory, protrusion, salience, salient, shoulder, snag, spine, teat), підопічна особа, лікарняна палата, захист (advocacy, aegis, answer, apology, bulwark, championship, defence, defense, egis, maintenance, palladium, panoply, protection, shield), мандатна територія, опіка (custody), опікування (custody, guardianship, patronage, wardship), оборонне положення, охорона (cordon, custody, guard, keeping, preservation, protection, safeguard, warding, watching), парирувати (fend, fend off), виборчий округ (constituency, electorate), ув'язнення (confinement, constraint, custody, duress, duresse, gaol, imprisonment, incarceration, jail), варта (guard, sentinel, vigil, warding), вартувати (wake, watch), відділення лікарні, відвертати (abstract, alienate, amuse, anticipate, avert, award, head off, preclude, prevent, turn away), в'язниця (bandhouse, cage, calaboose, can, choky, clink, dump, gaol, jail, limbo, penitentiary, pound, prison, quod, slammer), класти в лікарняну палату, камера (breast, cabinet, cavity, cell, tube), караул (relief), охороняти (cordon, defend, guard, have the custody of, overshade, overshadow, preserve, protect, safeguard, sentinel, wake). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự trông nom (administration, custody, keeping, management, nurse, running, superintendence, supervision), sự giam giữ khu, sự bảo trợ (patronage, wardship). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

gward, gwarchodaeth (custody), gwarchod (mind, watch). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Ward

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

1. dun. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

alumni, arce, pupilla, pupillam, pupilli, pupillis, pupillo, pupillorum, pupillos, pupillum, pupillus, pupillus pupilla. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Ward

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 40, Verse 7
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai hrwta touV eunoucouV faraw oi hsan met' autou en th fulakh para tw kuriw autou legwn ti oti ta proswpa umwn skuqrwpa shmeron
Latin405VulgateSciscitatus est dicens cur tristior est hodie solito facies vestra
Middle English1395WyclifAnd sawy hem drery, askide hem, seiynge, Whi dreryer is youre face to day than it was wonte?
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd he asked them saynge wherfore loke ye so sadly to daye?
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Why look ye so sad to-day?
Basic English1964OgdenAnd he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad?

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Ward

LanguageGenesis Chapter 40, Verse 7
CebuanoUg nangutana siya sa mga tinugyanan ni Faraon nga diha kauban niya sa bilanggoan sa balay sa iyang agalon, nga nagaingon: Unsay hinungdan nga nasubo karon ang inyong mga nawong?
CroatianUpita faraonove dvorane koji su bili s njim u zatvoru u zgradi njegova gospodara: "Zašto ste danas tako potišteni?"
Danishspurgte han dem: "Hvorfor ser I så ulykkelige ud i Dag?"
DutchToen vraagde hij de hovelingen van Farao, die bij hem waren in hechtenis van het huis zijns heren, zeggende: Waarom zijn uw aangezichten heden kwalijk gesteld?
FinnishSilloin hän kysyi faraon hoviherroilta, jotka olivat hänen kanssansa vankeudessa hänen isäntänsä talossa: "Miksi te olette tänään niin murheellisen näköiset?"
FrenchAlors il questionna les officiers de Pharaon, qui étaient avec lui dans la prison de son maître, et il leur dit: Pourquoi avez-vous mauvais visage aujourd`hui?
Germanfragte er sie und sprach: Warum seid ihr heute so traurig?
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariLalu ia bertanya, "Mengapa Saudara-saudara begitu sedih hari ini?"
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaLalu bertanyalah Yusuf akan kedua pegawai Firaun, yang sertanya dalam penjara di rumah tuannya itu, katanya: Mengapa mukamu tampak susah pada hari ini?
MaoriNa ka ui ia ki aua kaitohutohu a Parao, i puritia tahitia nei me ia i te whare o tona ariki, ka mea, He aha i whakapoururu ai o korua kanohi inaianei?
NorwegianDa spurte han Faraos hoffmenn, de som satt fengslet med ham hos hans herre: Hvorfor ser I så sorgfulle ut idag?
RumanianAtunci a kntrebat pe dregqtorii lui Faraon, cari erau cu el kn temniya stqpknului squ, wi le -a zis: ,,Pentruce aveyi o fayq awa de posomorktq azi?``
SwedishDå frågade han Faraos hovmän, som med honom sutto i förvar i hans herres hus: "Varför sen I så sorgsna ut i dag?"

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Ward

Derivations

Words beginning with "ward": warded, warden, wardenries, wardenry, wardens, wardenship, wardenships, warder, warders, warding, wardress, wardresses, wardrobe, wardrobes, wardroom, wardrooms, wards, wardship, wardships. (additional references)

Words ending with "ward": afterward, airward, award, awkward, backward, becoward, bedward, carryforward, cityward, coastward, coward, downward, earthward, eastward, equatorward, forward, frontward, froward, goalward, greensward, hayward, heavenward, henceforward, hitherward, homeward, inward, landward, leeward, leftward, manward, misaward, moonward, northeastward, northward, northwestward, onward, outward, poleward, rearward, rereward, reward, rightward, riverward, seaward, selfward, shoreward, sideward, skyward, southeastward, southward, southwestward. (additional references)

Words containing "ward": afterwards, awardable, awarded, awardee, awardees, awarder, awarders, awarding, awards, awkwarder, awkwardest, awkwardly, awkwardness, awkwardnesses, backwardly, backwardness, backwardnesses, backwards, becowarded, becowarding, becowards, bedwards, carryforwards, churchwarden, churchwardens, coastwards, cowardice, cowardices, cowardliness, cowardlinesses, cowardly, cowards, downwardly, downwardness, downwardnesses, downwards, earthwards, eastwards, forwarded, forwarder, forwarders, forwardest, forwarding, forwardly, forwardness, forwardnesses, forwards, frontwards, frowardly, frowardness, frowardnesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Ward" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aard, Awwrr, iard, jard, kard, Qadr, rard, rawd, vard, waar, waard, waird, warb, warde, wardf, wared, warf, warg, waro, warr, warx, warz, wayd, weard, werc, werd, werde, whard, wiard, wird, wirdy, wordd, worrd, wraf, wraq, wurc, wurd, zard. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Ward"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "ward" (pronounced wô"rd)
4w ô" r daward, reward, toward.
3-ô" r dabhorred, aboard, accord, adored, afford, board, bored, chord, cord, deplored, explored, fjord, floored, Ford, gored, gourd, hoard, horde, ignored, implored, Lord, oared, outscored, pored, poured, prerecord, reboard, record, restored, roared, scored, shored, soared, stored, sword, underscored, unexplored, untoward.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Ward

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: draw.

Words within the letters "a-d-r-w"

-1 letter: daw, rad, raw, wad, war.

-2 letters: ad, ar, aw.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-r-w"
 

+1 letter: award, dewar, drawl, drawn, draws, dwarf, sward, wader, wards, wared.

 

+2 letters: awards, bawdry, coward, dewars, drawee, drawer, drawls, drawly, dwarfs, inward, onward, redowa, redraw, reward, swards, tawdry, toward, undraw, upward, vaward, wadder, waders, waired, wander, warded, warden, warder, warked, warmed, warned, warped, warred, warted, wizard.

 

+3 letters: airward, arrowed, awarded, awardee, awarder, awkward, bawdier, bawdric, bedward, bedwarf, bewared, bradawl, brawled, cowards, crawdad, crawled, dawdler, daywork, dewater, doorway, dorhawk, dowager, drawbar, drawees, drawers, drawing, drawled, drawler, drywall, dwarfed, dwarfer, dwarves, forward, froward, hayward, indrawn, inwards, leeward, madwort, manward, misdraw, onwards, outdraw, outward, prawned, predawn, ragweed, rawhide, redowas, redrawn, redraws, redware, resawed, rewaked, rewards, rewaxed, roadway, seaward, skyward, steward, strawed, sunward, swarded, swarmed, tarweed, thrawed, towards, trawled, undrawn, undraws, upwards, vanward, vawards, wadders, waddler, wafered, wagered, wanders, warbled, wardens, warders, warding, warhead, warlord, warsled, watered, wavered, wayward, wearied, wharfed, wizards, wordage, workday, wracked, wrapped, wrathed, wreaked.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Ward


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 61 72 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.--.    .-    .-.    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01100001 01110010 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#97 &#114 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 0061 0072 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

57678470

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Frequency
12. Names: Company Usage
13. Cities
14. Expressions
15. Expressions: Internet
16. Translations: Modern
17. Translations: Ancient
18. Bible Trace
19. Abbreviations
20. Acronyms
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Orthography
25. Bibliography


  

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