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hospitalize

verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈhɒspɪtəˌlaɪz/
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AO1 S P IH2 T AH0 L AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To send to hospital; to admit (a person) to hospital.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To cause (a person) to require hospitalization.

Said of an injury or illness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: person

Qualifier: event

Topics: illness, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To cause (a person) to require hospitalization.

Said of an assailant or other person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: person

Qualifier: event

Topics: illness, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

admit into a hospital

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hospitalise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge

History

Etymology

From hospital + -ize. Piecewise doublet of hotelize.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: opneem — to send to a hospital
  • Afrikaans: hospitaliseer — to send to a hospital
  • Belarusian: шпіталізава́ць (špitalizavácʹ) — to send to a hospital
  • Bulgarian: хоспитализи́рам (hospitalizíram) — to send to a hospital
  • Catalan: hospitalitzar — to send to a hospital
  • Chinese Mandarin: 使住院 (shǐ zhùyuàn) — to send to a hospital
  • Czech: hospitalizovat — to send to a hospital
  • Danish: hospitalisere — to send to a hospital
  • Danish: indlægge — to send to a hospital
  • Dutch: opnemen — to send to a hospital
  • Dutch: in een ziekenhuis opnemen — to send to a hospital
  • Finnish: sijoittaa sairaalaan — to send to a hospital
  • Finnish: saattaa sairaalakuntoon — to send to a hospital
  • French: hospitaliser — to send to a hospital
  • Galician: hospitalizar — to send to a hospital
  • German: ins Krankenhaus bringen/einweisen — to send to a hospital
  • German: hospitalisieren — to send to a hospital
  • Hebrew: אִשְׁפֵּז (ishpéz) — to send to a hospital
  • Hungarian: kórházba szállít — to send to a hospital
  • Italian: ospedalizzare — to send to a hospital
  • Japanese: 入院させる (nyūin saseru) — to send to a hospital
  • Korean: 입원시키다 (ibwonsikida) — to send to a hospital
  • Occitan: espitalizar — to send to a hospital
  • Polish: hospitalizować — to send to a hospital
  • Polish: umieścić w szpitalu — to send to a hospital
  • Portuguese: hospitalizar — to send to a hospital
  • Russian: госпитализи́ровать (gospitalizírovatʹ) — to send to a hospital
  • Russian: помеща́ть в больни́цу (pomeščátʹ v bolʹnícu) — to send to a hospital
  • Russian: помести́ть в больни́цу (pomestítʹ v bolʹnícu) — to send to a hospital
  • Spanish: hospitalizar — to send to a hospital
  • Swahili: laza — to send to a hospital
  • Swedish: lägga in (på sjukhus) — to send to a hospital
  • Swedish: föras till sjukhus — to send to a hospital
  • Turkish: hastaneye kaldırmak — to send to a hospital
  • Turkish: hastaneye yatırmak — to send to a hospital
  • Ukrainian: госпіталізува́ти (hospitalizuváty) — to send to a hospital
  • Vietnamese: đưa vào bệnh viện — to send to a hospital
  • Vietnamese: đưa vào nhà thương — to send to a hospital
  • Vietnamese: nhập viện — to send to a hospital
  • Turkish: hastanelik etmek — to cause to require hospitalization