ward
/wɔːd/
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American sound/wɔːd/
ward
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Myanmar meaning
(n) လူနာဆောင်။
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ward /wↄ:d/ n
၁။ လူနာဆောင်။ (ဆေးရုံ) အဆောင်။ a children's/maternity/surgical ward ❍ a public/private ward.
၂။ ရပ်ကွက်။ There are three candidates standing for election in this ward.
၃။ အအုပ်အထိန်းခံ ကလေး။ She invested the money on behalf of her ward. ❍ The child was made a ward of court.
❏ ward sb/sth off [PHRV ] တားဆီးကာကွယ်သည်။ ward off blows/disease/danger/intruders.
❏ wardship n [U] ရပ်ကွက်အဖြစ် သတ်မှတ်ခြင်း။
-ward suff (with advs forming adjs )
သို့။ ဘက်သို့။ … ဘက်။ backward ❍ eastward ❍ homeward. -wards (also esp US -ward ) (forming advs ): onward(s) ❍ forward(s).
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district, region, area, constituency, division, zone, quarter, adopted child, canton, care, chambered, chambering, charge, child, client, cover up, covered up, covering up, defend against, department, dependent, diocese, forfend, foster child, godchild, guardianship, hang up, held down, hogtie, hold down, hold in, hold off, inhibit, keep in, keep lid on, keeping, keeping in, make impracticable, minor, obviate, orphan, parish, pensioner, precinct, preclude, protection, protégé, protégée, pupil, put a stop to, put an end to, put end to, put on brakes, roofed, roofing, safekeeping, sandbag, shelter, stave, take care of, territory, trust, turn aside, turned aside, turning aside, ward off, watch over, watched over, watching over
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