# wards

Pronunciation: US say "WORDZ" /wɔɹdz/; UK say "WAWDZ" /wɔːdz/

## Noun

1. Plural of ward. — plural of ward
   - Simple: Plural of ward. Use this form when you mean more than one ward.
   - _Nurses moved between the surgical wards throughout the long night shift._
   - _The council redrew the electoral wards after the population census._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of ward. — third-person singular simple present indicative of ward
   - Simple: The form of ward used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _A strong immune system wards off most common infections._
   - _A heavy curtain wards off the draft from the open window._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/wards (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).