wards
Definitions
Noun
- A person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
- A district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
- Block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care
- English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)
- English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
- United states businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
- A division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
Verb
- Watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
Fragment
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Words that contain the term "wards".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | towards | 2 | 64 |
| 2 | awards | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | afterwards | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | upwards | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | rewards | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | edwards | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | wards | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | backwards | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | stewards | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | onwards | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | stewardship | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | westwards | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | carryforwards | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | cowards | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | downwards | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | edwards' | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | edwards's | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | edwardson | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | forwards | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | outwards | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | sowards | 2 | 0 |
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Words that sound like the term "wards".
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "wards".
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Words that often follow the term "wards" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "wards" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | council | 2 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 8
Fragments: 21
Sound Alikes: 17
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 2
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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