reserve

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A restriction.
2. (countable, uncountable) A restriction.
3. (countable, uncountable) That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
4. (countable, uncountable) That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
5. (Canada, countable, uncountable) That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
6. (countable, uncountable) That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
7. (countable, uncountable) That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
8. (countable, uncountable) That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
9. (countable, uncountable) That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
10. (countable, uncountable) That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
11. (countable, uncountable) Something initially kept back for later use in recreation.
12. (countable, uncountable) Something initially kept back for later use in recreation.
13. (countable, uncountable) In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.
14. (countable, uncountable) A resist.
15. (countable, uncountable) A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.

Verb

1. (transitive) To keep back; to retain.
2. (ditransitive, transitive) To keep in store for future or special use.
3. (ditransitive, transitive) To book in advance; to make a reservation for.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To make an exception of; to except.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈzɝv/

Etymology

From Old French reserver, from Latin reservō (“to reserve, retain”).

Synonyms

book

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stock

store

save

preserve

spare

supply

stockpile

keep

order

reservation

hold

set aside

backlog

retain

restraint

reticence

keep back

appropriate

backup

reserves

conserve

sanctuary

modesty

hoard

margin

earmark

allow

reserve price

reservoir

provision

preparation

proviso

store up

maintain

supplies

inventory

fund

storage

economize

withhold

aloofness

save money

resource

allowance

allocate

reservist

reserved character

asset

savings

Translations

réserve

réserver

riservare

riserva

reserva

reservieren

reservar

reservar

reserveren

reserva

prenotare

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Reserve

vorbehalten

retenir

bespreken

Sentences

The reserve requirement therefore acts as a limit on this multiplier effect .

This reserve includes two ponds , as well as mixed broadleaved woodland .