{
    "term": "ward",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a separate room or area in a hospital for people with the same type of medical condition",
            "sensetop": "on the ward",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **maternity/surgical/psychiatric/children’s ward**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He worked as a nurse on the children's ward.",
                    "contextForm": "on the ward"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How many midwives are on the ward?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spent five days in the maternity ward."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctor was doing her morning ward round."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "(in the UK and some other countries) one of the areas into which a city or town is divided and which elects and is represented by a member of the local council",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person, especially a child, who is under the legal protection of a court or another person (called a guardian)",
            "labels": "(law)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The child was made a **ward of court**."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɔːd/",
                "audio": "wa/ward/ward__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɔːrd/",
                "audio": "wa/ward/ward__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English weard (originally referring to ‘the action of keeping a lookout for danger’, also ‘body of guards’), weardian ‘keep safe, guard’, of Germanic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old Northern French warde (noun), warder (verb) ‘guard’."
}