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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ward /wɔrd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Governmentan administrative division of a city or town, or a division for voting purposes.
- a division of a hospital:a children's ward.
- a division of a prison.
- Lawa person, esp. a child or person under eighteen, who is under the care of a legal guardian or a court.
v. - to turn aside;
avert: [~ + off + object]to ward off a blow; to ward off disease.[~ + object + off]to ward it off. -ward, suffix. - Pronouns-ward is used to form adjectives or adverbs with the meaning "in or toward a certain direction in space or time'':backward.Also, -wards.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ward (wôrd),USA pronunciation n. - Governmenta division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
- Governmentone 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.
- Governmenta political subdivision of a parish in Louisiana.
- [Mormon Ch.]one of the subdivisions of a stake, presided over by a bishop.
- [Fort.]an open space within or between the walls of a castle or fortified place:the castle's lower ward.
- Law
- Lawa person, esp. a minor, who has been legally placed under the care of a guardian or a court.
- Lawthe state of being under the care or control of a legal guardian.
- Lawguardianship over a minor or some other person legally incapable of managing his or her own affairs.
- Lawthe state of being under restraining guard or in custody.
- a person who is under the protection or control of another.
- 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.
v.t. - to avert, repel, or turn aside (danger, harm, an attack, an assailant, etc.) (usually fol. by off):to ward off a blow; to ward off evil.
- to place in a ward, as of a hospital or prison.
- [Archaic.]to protect;
guard.
- bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English warde, Old English weard; (verb, verbal) Middle English warden, Old English weardian; cognate with Middle Dutch waerden, German warten; compare guard
ward′less, adj. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged precinct.
- 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged protégé.
- 16.See corresponding entry in Unabridged parry, prevent.
Ward (wôrd),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical (Aaron) Montgomery, 1843–1913, U.S. merchant and mail-order retailer.
Ar•te•mas (är′tə məs),USA pronunciation 1727–1800, American general in the American Revolution.Ar•te•mus (är′tə məs),USA pronunciation (Charles Farrar Browne), 1834–67, U.S. humorist.- Biographical Barbara (Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth), 1914–81, English economist and author.
- Biographical Mrs. Humphry (Mary Augusta Arnold), 1851–1920, English novelist, born in Tasmania.
- Biographical Sir Joseph George, 1856–1930, New Zealand statesman, born in Australia: Prime Minister 1906–12, 1928–30.
- Biographical Lester Frank, 1841–1913, U.S. sociologist.
- Biographical Nathaniel ("Theodore de la Guard''), 1578?–1652, English clergyman, lawyer, and author in America.
- a male given name.
-ward, - Pronounsa native English suffix denoting spatial or temporal direction, as specified by the initial element:toward; afterward;backward.
Also, -wards. - Middle English; Old English -weard towards; cognate with German -wärts; akin to Latin vertere to turn (see verse)
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. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ward /wɔːd/ n - (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
- Also called: ward 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 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
vb - (transitive) archaic to guard or protect
See also ward offEtymology: Old English weard protector; related to Old High German wart, Old Saxon ward, Old Norse vorthr. See guardˈwardless adj WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024-wards, - Pronounsvar. of -ward: towards;
afterwards.
- Old English -weardes, equivalent. to -weard toward (see ward) + -es -s1 Middle English
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Ward /wɔːd/ n - Dame Barbara (Mary), Baroness Jackson. 1914–81, British economist, environmentalist, and writer. Her books include Spaceship Earth (1966)
- 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)
- Sir Joseph George. 1856–1930, New Zealand statesman; prime minister of New Zealand (1906–12; 1928–30)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ward suffix - (forming adjectives) indicating direction towards: a backward step, heavenward progress
- (forming adverbs)
a variant and the usual US and Canadian form of -wards Etymology: Old English -weard towards Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -wards, -ward suffix forming adverbs - indicating direction towards: a step backwards, to sail shorewards
Compare -ward Etymology: Old English -weardes towards |