hospital

UK /ˈhɒs.pɪ.tl̩/ US /ˈhɑs.pɪ.tl̩/

noun 3adj 1name 1

Definitions

noun

A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.

Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital.

Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to the hospital.

A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse.

The foundling hospital took in abandoned children and educated them.

A place of lodging.

[…] they spide a goodly castle, plast / Foreby a riuer in a pleasaunt dale, / Which choosing for that euenings hospitale, / They thither marcht […]

adj

Hospitable.

At last the Ocean, that hospital friend to the wretched, opened her capacious arms to receive him; and he instantly resolved to accept her kind invitation.

name

A surname.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

community, district, local

NHS, private

day, long-stay

general

children's, maternity, mental, psychiatric, etc.

teaching

VERB + HOSPITAL

go into/to

My grandmother had to go to the hospital after she fell down the stairs last week.

rush sb to, take sb to

admit sb to, readmit sb to

stay in

come out of, leave

My father will leave the hospital next week after his surgery heals properly.

discharge sb from

HOSPITAL + NOUN

doctor, staff

inpatient, outpatient, patient

care, services, treatment

clinic, unit, ward

bed

admission, stay

PREP

at a/the ~

My father spent three weeks at the hospital after his surgery last month.

in (a/the) ~

My sister spent two weeks in the hospital after she broke her leg in a skiing accident.

to (a/the) ~

My sister was admitted to the hospital last week after breaking her arm.

PHRASES

admission to hospital, a stay in hospital

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a health facility where patients receive treatment

infirmary

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

in the hospital

Admitted as a patient in a hospital.

Example Bank

Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital.

Wiktionary

Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to the hospital.

Wiktionary

This section of the Act gives the court powers to assess whether treatment is going to be beneficial and hence whether hospital is a suitable disposal option.

Wiktionary

At last the Ocean, that hospital friend to the wretched, opened her capacious arms to receive him; and he instantly resolved to accept her kind invitation.

Wiktionary

I'm at the hospital. I got struck by lightning.

Tatoeba · #1850

We have to take him to the hospital immediately; he is seriously injured!

Tatoeba · #5942

Usage Notes

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In some senses, hospital is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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