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# hospitalise

verb (hospitalise, hospitalises, hospitalised, hospitalising); US spelling hospitalize

«hospitalise» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To send someone to hospital or keep them there for treatment because they are ill or injured. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitalise/#m1)

### In the lessons

In news and health lessons it describes serious illness or accidents: «Three people were hospitalised after the crash». In safety lessons it shows why we follow rules about roads, water and fire. It is usually used in the passive: «was hospitalised». Phrases: be hospitalised with, hospitalised for a week.

### Examples

- Grandad was hospitalised with pneumonia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitalise/#x1)
- Two cyclists were hospitalised after the accident. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitalise/#x2)
- Heatstroke can be bad enough to hospitalise someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitalise/#x3)
- She was hospitalised for three days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitalise/#x4)
- Wear a helmet: bad falls hospitalise many riders each year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitalise/#x5)
- The flu outbreak hospitalised several elderly people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitalise/#x6)

### Note

British spelling: hospitalise; American and often Canadian: hospitalize. Both are correct. Noun: hospitalisation. Usually passive: «was hospitalised». More formal than «taken to hospital».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hospitalise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hospitalise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hospitalise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hospitalise.html) on Mova free.