hospital
part of speech
noun (a hospital, hospitals)
meaning for a pupil
A hospital is a large building where sick or injured people are looked after by doctors and nurses. tree →
sense in the lessons
In health and safety, people go to hospital in an emergency, by ambulance if needed (call 999 in the UK and Ireland, 911 in the USA and Canada, 000 in Australia, 111 in New Zealand); the A&E (UK) or ER (US) department deals with emergencies. Babies are often born in hospitals. Hospitals have wards, operating theatres and visiting hours; be quiet and wash your hands when visiting. In stories, characters stay in hospital to get better.
examples
- She went to hospital with a broken arm. tree →
- My baby brother was born in this hospital. tree →
- The ambulance took him to the hospital. tree →
- We visited Grandpa in hospital. tree →
- Hospitals are open day and night. tree →
- Wash your hands when you visit a hospital. tree →
- Doctors and nurses work at the hospital. tree →
- “My dear Pinocchio, the Fairy is lying ill in a hospital.” tree →
note
Countable. British English: «in hospital», «go to hospital» (no «the»); American English: «in the hospital». The «h» is pronounced: «a hospital», not «an hospital». «Hospitality» (being welcoming to guests) comes from the same old word.
In the corpora
- Shops, hospitals, buses and factories need people at all hours, so their workers follow a rota that can change every week.
- Waiting is a big part of hospitals: waiting to be seen, waiting for results, waiting for visiting hours.
- Hospitals limit visiting hours and the number of visitors so patients can rest and doctors and nurses can work.
- The money taken off pays for schools, hospitals and roads, and some is saved for when she is old.
- Tax pays for schools, hospitals and roads; a pension is money saved for when you are old.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hospital» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.