how to pronounce ward

/wɔːd/

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ward is pronounced in one syllable

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wɔːd

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An example use of ward in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… that will ward off lawyers like waving …”

meaning of ward

Ward is a type of hospital.

ward frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word ward occurs in english on average 35.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ward can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ward can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to ward

walkwarmboardwallwouldhordebaudwarnwoodwad

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