English Explanatory Dictionary

preservation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
  2. The state of being preserved, how something has survived.

Pronunciation

/ˌpɹɛz.əˈveɪ.ʃən/ /ˌpɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/ en-us-preservation.ogg /ˌpɹez.əˈvæɪ.ʃən/ /prɪz.əʳˈveː.ʃən/

Word forms

preservation preservations

Etymology

From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + -ation.

Derived words

biopreservation chemopreservation copreservation cryopreservation depreservation lyopreservation neuropreservation nonpreservation preservational preservationism preservationist self-preservation
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