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reserve
[ri-zurv]
verb (used with object)
to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms:to retain or secure by express stipulation.
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, service, etc..
ground reserved for gardening.
to keep for oneself.
to retain (the original color) of a surface, as on a painted ceramic piece.
to save or set aside (a portion of the Eucharistic elements) to be administered, as to the sick, outside of the Mass or communion service.
noun
Finance.
cash, or assets readily convertible into cash, held aside, as by a corporation, bank, state or national government, etc., to meet expected or unexpected demands.
uninvested cash held to comply with legal requirements.
something kept or stored for use or need; stock.
a reserve of food.
Synonyms:a resource not normally called upon but available if needed.
a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose.
a forest reserve.
an act of reserving; reservation, exception, or qualification.
I will do what you ask, but with one reserve.
Military.
a fraction of a military force held in readiness to sustain the attack or defense made by the rest of the force.
the part of a country's fighting force not in active service.
reserves, the enrolled but not regular components of the U.S. Army.
formality and self-restraint in manner and relationship; avoidance of familiarity or intimacy with others.
to conduct oneself with reserve.
Antonyms:reticence or silence.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms:
adjective
kept in reserve; forming a reserve.
a reserve fund; a reserve supply.
of or relating to the animal awarded second place in livestock shows.
the reserve champion steer.
reserve
/ ɪˈɜː /
verb
to keep back or set aside, esp for future use or contingency; withhold
to keep for oneself; retain
I reserve the right to question these men later
to obtain or secure by advance arrangement
I have reserved two tickets for tonight's show
to delay delivery of (a judgment), esp in order to allow time for full consideration of the issues involved
noun
something kept back or set aside, esp for future use or contingency
( as modifier )
a reserve stock
the state or condition of being reserved
I have plenty in reserve
a tract of land set aside for the protection and conservation of wild animals, flowers, etc
a nature reserve
Also called: reservation.an area of land set aside, esp (in the US and Canada) for American or Canadian Indian peoples
an area of publicly owned land set aside for sport, recreation, etc
the act of reserving; reservation
a member of a team who only plays if a playing member drops out; a substitute
(often plural)
a part of an army or formation not committed to immediate action in a military engagement
that part of a nation's armed services not in active service
coolness or formality of manner; restraint, silence, or reticence
finance
a portion of capital not invested (a capital reserve ) or a portion of profits not distributed (a revenue or general reserve ) by a bank or business enterprise and held to meet legal requirements, future liabilities, or contingencies
(often plural) liquid assets held by an organization, government, etc, to meet expenses and liabilities
without reservations; fully; wholeheartedly
Other 51Թ Forms
- reservable adjective
- reserveless adjective
- nonreservable adjective
- nonreserve noun
- ˈ adjective
- ˈ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of reserve1
Idioms and Phrases
without reserve,
without restraint; frankly; freely.
(of articles at auction) without limitation as to the terms of sale, especially with no stipulated minimum price.
in reserve, put aside or withheld for a future need; reserved.
money in reserve.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Since then, many parks and reserves have returned to the practice.
"She used all her reserves of energy and strength to travel for the treatment," he told BBC Radio Ulster's The Nolan Show.
And the philosophy of egalite and fraternite wasn’t just reserved for the people in uniform.
The attacks have roiled energy markets fearful of disruptions to Iran, an oil and gas powerhouse with the world’s second-largest proven natural gas reserves and the third-largest crude oil reserves, according to the U.S.
But the rapid urbanisation has also exposed Mogadishu to infrastructure challenges - it lacks a proper sewage system and unregulated borehole drilling risks depleting groundwater reserves.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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