English Explanatory Dictionary

reserve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A restriction.
  2. The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
  3. Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
  4. That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
  5. A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
  6. A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose
  7. A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group: Indian reserve.
  8. A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
  9. Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.
  10. A reserve price in an auction.
  11. Wine held back and aged before being sold.
  12. Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain.
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 for.
  4. To make an exception of; to except.
name
  1. A city in Kansas.
  2. A census-designated place in Louisiana.
  3. A census-designated place in Montana.
  4. A village, the county seat of Catron County, New Mexico.
  5. A census-designated place in Wisconsin.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈzɝv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-reserve.wav /ɹɪˈzɜːv/

Word forms

reserve reserves reserving reserved

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Territorial Army TA TAVR territorials terriers reservists self-restraint reticence taciturnity reservation res rez Army Reserve substitute hold save sign up for register for schedule enroll in book

Related words

reservist res rez

Derived words

bioreserve cognitive reserve cookie-jar reserve dividend equalisation reserve Federal Reserve fractional reserve banking functional reserve game reserve in reserve natural reserve nature reserve nonreserve off reserve off-reserve reserve bank reserve buoyancy Reserve Creek reserve currency reserve grade reserve grader reserveless reserve price reserve team reservism ressie urban reserve wildlife reserve underreserve unreserve overreserve reservable reservative reservee reservor

Translations

Arabic: اِحْتِيَاط Belarusian: запа́с Belarusian: рэзе́рв Belarusian: рэзэ́рв Belarusian: рэзэ́рва Belarusian: рэзерва́цыя Belarusian: рэзэрва́цыя Bulgarian: запа́с Bulgarian: резе́рв Bulgarian: резерва́т Chinese Mandarin: 儲備 /储备 Chinese Mandarin: 後備 /后备 Chinese Mandarin: 保留地 Czech: rezerva Czech: zásoba Czech: rezervace Danish: reserve Dutch: reserve Dutch: aboriginalreservaat Dutch: indianenreservaat Dutch: reservaat Finnish: varanto Finnish: reservi Finnish: varmuusvarasto Finnish: reservaatti French: réserves French: réserve Georgian: სადათარიგო Georgian: სამარაგო Georgian: სარეზერვო Georgian: რეზერვის Georgian: მარაგი Georgian: რეზერვი German: Reserve German: Reservat German: Reservation Hungarian: tartalék Japanese: 予備 Japanese: 備蓄 Japanese: 保護区 Japanese: 居留地 Korean: 예비 Korean: 비축 Korean: 보호구 Korean: 거류지 Macedonian: резерва Norwegian Bokmål: reservasjon Norwegian Bokmål: reserve Norwegian Nynorsk: reserve Polish: zapas Polish: zapasy Polish: rezerwa Polish: rezerwat Portuguese: reserva Russian: запа́с Russian: резе́рв Russian: резерва́ция Serbo-Croatian: рѐзе̄рва Serbo-Croatian: rèzērva Slovak: rezerva Slovak: zásoba Slovak: rezervácia Slovene: rezerva Spanish: reserva Swedish: reserver Swedish: reservat Tagalog: panimbos Tagalog: pataan Ukrainian: запа́с Ukrainian: резе́рв Ukrainian: резерва́ція Uyghur: زاپاس
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