hospital
hospital
/ˈhɒspɪtl/
a large building where people who are ill or injured are given medical treatment and care
to/into (the) hospital (British English) He had to go to/into hospital for treatment.
(North American English) He had to go to/into the hospital for treatment.
I'm going to the hospital to visit my brother.
to be admitted to/into (the) hospital
Arrangements have been made for his admission to (the) hospital.
He's been taken to (the) hospital for tests.
The injured were rushed to (the) hospital in an ambulance.
to leave (the) hospital
to be discharged/released from (the) hospital
to visit a hospital
in (the) hospital He died in hospital.
He was treated in the hospital for burns.
I spent four days in hospital.
I was in the hospital for four days.
in a hospital She works in a hospital in New York.
out of (the) hospital She came out of the hospital this morning.
at a hospital Doctors at the hospital decided to keep her in overnight.
a private/local hospital
a psychiatric/maternity hospital
a children's hospital
The procedure requires a two-to-three-night hospital stay.
There is an urgent need for more hospital beds.
hospital admissions
hospital staff
a hospital ward/room
hospital treatment/care
He has been readmitted to hospital.
He is in hospital recovering from a heart operation.
He was taken to hospital as a precaution.
He's had to go into hospital rather suddenly.
How long will I have to stay in hospital?
I used to work as a cleaner in a hospital.
She works at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
We went to the hospital to visit my gran.
He was admitted to hospital complaining of chest pains.
She was discharged from hospital and allowed to go home.
There is a shortage of hospital beds.
Collocations
adjective
communitydistrictlocal…
verb + hospital
go intogo torush somebody to…
hospital + noun
administratordoctorstaff…
preposition
at a/the hospitalin (a/the) hospitalto (a/the) hospital…
phrases
admission to hospitaladmission to the hospitala stay in hospital…
Word Origin
Middle English (originally meaning a hospice run by the Knights Hospitallers in the 11th century): via Old French from medieval Latin hospitale, neuter of Latin hospitalis ‘hospitable’, from hospes, hospit- ‘host, guest’.