Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in the hospital

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English

Syllables
in- the hos-pi-tal
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Admitted as a patient in a hospital.

Canadian usage; American usage

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What does in the hospital mean?
Admitted as a patient in a hospital.

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