hospital
- nounADJECTIVE▪ community, district (esp. BrE), local▪ NHS (in the UK), private, public, state▪ day, long-stay (BrE)▪ general▪ children's, maternity, mental, psychiatric, etc.▪ teaching, university▪ field, militaryVERB + HOSPITAL▪ go into, go to▪
He had to go to hospital for treatment. (BrE)
▪He had to go to the hospital for treatment. (AmE)
▪ rush sb to, take sb to▪She was rushed to hospital. (BrE)
▪She was rushed to the hospital. (AmE)
▪ admit sb to, readmit sb to▪He has been readmitted to hospital. (BrE)
▪He has been readmitted to the hospital. (AmE)
▪ stay in▪How long will I have to stay in hospital? (BrE)
▪How long will I have to stay in the hospital? (AmE)
▪ come out of, leave▪She came out of hospital this morning. (BrE)
▪She came out of the hospital this morning. (AmE)
▪ discharge sb fromHOSPITAL + NOUN▪ administrator, doctor, staff, worker▪ inpatient, outpatient, patient▪ care, services, treatment▪ clinic, unit, ward▪ bed, room▪ admission, stay▪ records▪ systemPREPOSITION▪ at a/the hospital▪She works at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
▪ in (a/the) hospital▪He is in hospital recovering from surgery. (BrE)
▪He is in the hospital recovering from surgery. (AmE)
▪I used to work as a cleaner in a hospital.
▪ to (a/the) hospital▪He was taken to hospital as a precaution. (BrE)
▪He was taken to the hospital as a precaution. (AmE)
▪We went to the hospital to visit my grandmother.
PHRASES▪ admission to hospital (BrE), admission to the hospital (AmE)▪ a stay in hospital (BrE), a stay in the hospital (AmE)
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