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- [hos-pi-tl-ahyz]
- /ˈhɒs pɪ tlˌaɪz/
- /ˈhɒs.pɪ.təl.aɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hos-pi-tl-ahyz]
- /ˈhɒs pɪ tlˌaɪz/
Definitions of hospitalize word
- verb with object hospitalize to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart. 1
- noun hospitalize Admit or cause (someone) to be admitted to a hospital for treatment. 1
- transitive verb hospitalize admit to hospital 1
- transitive verb hospitalize cause sb to need hospital treatment 1
- verb hospitalize If someone is hospitalized, they are sent or admitted to hospital. 0
- verb hospitalize to admit or send (a person) into a hospital 0
Information block about the term
Origin of hospitalize
First appearance:
before 1900 One of the 17% newest English words
First recorded in 1900-05; hospital + -ize
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hospitalize
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hospitalize popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
hospitalize usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hospitalize
verb hospitalize
- beat up — If someone beats a person up, they hit or kick the person many times.
- confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
- disable — make not work
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
Antonyms for hospitalize
verb hospitalize
- heal — to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
Top questions with hospitalize
- how to hospitalize someone with mental illness?
- when to hospitalize for pneumonia?
- how to hospitalize yourself without dying?
- when to hospitalize for depression?
- how to hospitalize yourself?
- pneumonia when to hospitalize?
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