hospitalize

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈhɒspɪtəˌlaɪz/ See IPA manual

Freq #65517

Meanings

1

verb
To take someone into a hospital for treatment.

I had to be hospitalized because my blood pressure was too high.
2

verb
To injure or make someone ill enough to need hospital care.

The crash hospitalized three of the passengers.

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Word family

Forms hospitalizedhospitalizeshospitalizing

Derived forms dehospitalizehospitalizablehospitalizationhospitalizerrehospitalize

Etymology

From hospital + -ize. Piecewise doublet of hotelize.

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Actions & Processes

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