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Word hospital
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈhɒspɪtl / NAmE / ˈhɑːspɪtl /
Example
  • he had to go to hospital for treatment.
  • he had to go to the hospital for treatment.
  • to be admitted to (the) hospital
  • to be discharged from (the) hospital
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hospital

(noun)BrE / ˈhɒspɪtl / NAmE / ˈhɑːspɪtl /
  1. a large building where people who are ill/sick or injured are given medical treatment and care
    • see also community hospital
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/community-hospital
    • He had to go to hospital for treatment.
    • He had to go to the hospital for treatment.
    • to be admitted to (the) hospital
    • to be discharged from (the) hospital
    • The injured were rushed to (the) hospital in an ambulance.
    • He died in (the) hospital.
    • I'm going to the hospital to visit my brother.
    • a psychiatric/mental hospital
    • hospital doctors/nurses/staff
    • There is an urgent need for more hospital beds.
    • I had to go to hospital.
    • She spent two weeks in hospital
    • I had to go to the hospital.
    • She spent two weeks in the hospital.

    Extra Examples

    • He has been readmitted to hospital.
    • He is in hospital recovering from a heart operation.
    • He was taken to hospital as a precaution.
    • He’s been taken to hospital for tests.
    • He’s had to go into hospital rather suddenly.
    • How long will I have to stay in hospital?
    • I used to work as a cleaner in a hospital.
    • She came out of hospital this morning.
    • She was rushed to hospital.
    • She works at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
    • We went to the hospital to visit my gran.
    • He died in hospital.
    • He was admitted to hospital complaining of chest pains.
    • His delusions got worse until he was committed to a mental hospital.
    • I had to go to hospital.
    • I’m going to the hospital to visit my brother.
    • She was discharged from hospital and allowed to go home.
    • The injured were rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.
    • There is a shortage of hospital beds.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English (originally meaning a hospice run by the Knights Hospitallers in the 11th century): via Old French from medieval Latin hospitale, neuter of Latin hospitalis ‘hospitable’, from hospes, hospit- ‘host, guest’.
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