hospitals
noun
Form of hospital , plural of hospital.
Simple meaning
A health facility where patients receive treatment.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈhɑspɪtəlz
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
plural of hospital
A health facility where patients receive treatment
plural of hospital
A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical or surgical treatment.
plural of hospital
A medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care
plural of hospital
A building founded for the long-term care of its residents, such as an almshouse.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A health facility where patients receive treatment
Used this way, hospitals is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a clinical use: it belongs to medical description, where it is factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Medicine/healthcare
- Science
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
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A health facility where patients receive treatment.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
Kindness in welcoming guests or strangers.
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Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
Occupancy rate for hospitals.
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