Wakefield

[weyk-feeld]

noun

1. a city in West Yorkshire, in N England: battle 1460.

2. a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

3. an estate in E Virginia, on the Potomac River: birthplace of George Washington; restored as a national monument in 1932.

Wakefield

/ ˈweɪkˌfiːld /

noun

1. a city in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire: important since medieval times as an agricultural and textile centre. Pop: 76 886 (2001)

2. a unitary authority in N England, in West Yorkshire. Pop: 318 300 (2003 est). Area: 333 sq km (129 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Bradford will make the journey east to face Hull FC, while Toulouse travel to Wakefield Trinity.

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Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield is scouting locations in L.A. and elsewhere for companies that manage the vertiports, such as Vertiports by Atlantic.

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Other large apartment managers named in the suit include Camden, Cushman & Wakefield/Pinnacle, LivCor and Willow Bridge.

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In May 2025, when the appeal judgement was handed down, Mr Sullivan was listening via video-link from HMP Wakefield, sitting next to his probation officer.

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A man has denied murdering the paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins at HMP Wakefield.

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