reserve

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

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

Concepts

reserve

book

stock

store

save

preserve

spare

stockpile

supply

keep

order

reservation

hold

set aside

retain

backlog

restraint

keep back

reticence

appropriate

modesty

earmark

margin

backup

sanctuary

conserve

hoard

reserves

withhold

inventory

preparation

provision

store up

fund

maintain

proviso

allow

reserve price

storage

reservoir

economize

supplies

detain

log

allowance

diffidence

discretion

arrangements

shyness

savings

put by

engage

asset

reserved character

lay by

taciturnity

military reserve

second-stringer

substitute

hold aside

put aside

self-restraint

reservist

allocate

choose

select

aloofness

subscribe

charge

set apart

resource

save money

brake

bridle

check

control

curb

hold back

inhibit

oppress

repress

restrain

squelch

stifle

suppress

stem

shame

designate

compactness

sobriety

elbowroom

latitude

leeway

room

time

tact

thoughtfulness

setup

apply for

challenge

lodge

make an application

make an overture

offer

propose

request

subscribe for

bashfulness

timidity

deferment

putting on hold

preliminaries

call

bequeath

leave

standing

charter

substitute player

nature preserve

cares

ill feeling

set apart for

husband

make a reservation

forbear

preserve one’s purity

capital

money

renew

repair

save for a special purpose

sustain

auxiliary

accumulation

green

park

untouchable

untouched

stipulation

secrecy

secretiveness

checking

caution

circumspection

precaution

keep in store

alternate

distance

fallback

insularity

rescue

reinforcement

self-control

postpone

orient

res

silence

bespeak

lay claim to

extra

cover

hide

ensure

obtain

secure

qualification

relay

bear

carry

intern

keep to

conservation

continue to have

retention

reserved forest

on hand

repertory

treasury

continue

last

depot

keep in storage

stock up on

pre-empt

respect

deposit

hesitation

self-effacement

becomingness

decency

decorousness

properness

seemliness

economise

favor

favour

retrench

save up

commission

requisition

subscribe to

take

bench warmer

budget for

devote

allocation

booking

dibs

stiff upper lip

refrain

restrain oneself

cache

constraint

game reserve

wildlife preserve

nature reserve

hold on

protect

watch

intend

beginning

start

national park

silo

keep for

leave behind

contingency fund

Hyphenated as

re‧serve

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈzɝv/

Etymology

From Old French reserver.