reserve
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
card-games
ceramics
chemistry
engineering
finance
games
government
hobbies
insurance
lifestyle
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
sports
war
Etymology: From Old French reserver, from Latin reservō (“to reserve, retain”).
Inflected forms:
form: reserves
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: reserves
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: reserving
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: reserved
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: reserved
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A restriction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The book is on reserve.
I accept your view with one reserve.
gloss: A restriction.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The tone was set at Trump’s Inauguration. Tech moguls streamed into Washington; some sat behind the President during his Inaugural Address, a signal of the power they would wield. Over the next 11 months, they would use their enormous cash reserves, cultural power, and momentum to push their products into homes across the world.
gloss: That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: New oil reserves are continuously being discovered, but not as fast as the existing ones are running out.
If Alberta’s reserves are a carbon bomb, this global expansion of tar sands and oil shale exploitation amounts to an escalating emissions arms race, the unlocking of a subterranean cache of weapons of mass ecological destruction.
gloss: That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio was originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut.
the Clergy Reserves in Canada are for the support of the clergy.
gloss: That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
countable
uncountable
gloss: That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: no reserves [the military force is throwing everything it has at the front]
gloss: That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: no reserve [the lot(s) will be sold no matter how low the bids are]
reserve not met [the lot(s) will not be sold because the highest bid was too low to be acceptable]
gloss: That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Each is decorated with a simple disk in reserve and a band in reserve adorned with white dots.
gloss: Something initially kept back for later use in recreation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Something initially kept back for later use in recreation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A resist.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To keep back; to retain.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We reserve the right to make modifications.
I will reserve judgment until I have actually read his book.
I reserve the right to change my mind.
gloss: To keep in store for future or special use.
pos: verb
tags: ditransitive
transitive
examples: This cake is reserved for the guests!
Please reserve me a parking space if you can.
c. 1703-1720, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage
Conceal your esteem and love in your own breast, and reserve your kind looks and language for private hours.
gloss: To book in advance; to make a reservation for.
pos: verb
tags: ditransitive
transitive
examples: I reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town.
Thanks for reserving us a room!
gloss: To make an exception of; to except.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
Synonyms: Territorial Army
TA
TAVR
territorials
terriers
reservists
Related words: reservist
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:
lang: Arabic
word: اِحْتِيَاط
roman: iḥtiyāṭ
lang: Arabic
word: ذَخِيرَة
roman: ḏaḵīra
lang: Armenian
word: պահեստ
roman: pahest
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ehtiyat
lang: Belarusian
word: запа́с
roman: zapás
lang: Belarusian
word: рэзе́рв
roman: rezjérv
lang: Belarusian
word: рэзэ́рв
roman: rezérv
lang: Belarusian
word: рэзэ́рва
roman: rezérva
lang: Bulgarian
word: запа́с
roman: zapás
lang: Bulgarian
word: резе́рв
roman: rezérv
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 儲備 /储备
roman: chǔbèi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 後備 /后备
roman: hòubèi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 貯備 /贮备
roman: zhùbèi
lang: Czech
word: rezerva
lang: Czech
word: zásoba
lang: Danish
word: reserve
lang: Dutch
word: reserve
lang: Finnish
word: varanto
lang: Finnish
word: reservi
lang: Finnish
word: varmuusvarasto
lang: French
word: réserves
lang: Georgian
word: სადათარიგო
roman: sadatarigo
lang: Georgian
word: სამარაგო
roman: samarago
lang: Georgian
word: სარეზერვო
roman: sarezervo
lang: Georgian
word: რეზერვის
roman: rezervis
lang: Georgian
word: მარაგი
roman: maragi
lang: Georgian
word: რეზერვი
roman: rezervi
lang: German
word: Reserve
lang: Hungarian
word: tartalék
lang: Japanese
word: 予備
roman: yobi
lang: Japanese
word: 備蓄
roman: bichiku
lang: Kazakh
word: қор
roman: qor
lang: Kazakh
word: запас
roman: zapas
lang: Korean
word: 예비
roman: yebi
lang: Korean
word: 비축
roman: bichuk
lang: Kyrgyz
word: запас
roman: zapas
lang: Kyrgyz
word: резерв
roman: rezerv
lang: Macedonian
word: резерва
roman: rezerva
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: reservasjon
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: reserve
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: reserve
lang: Iranian Persian
word: ذَخیرِه
roman: zaxire
lang: Polish
word: zapas
lang: Polish
word: zapasy
lang: Polish
word: rezerwa
lang: Portuguese
word: reserva
lang: Russian
word: запа́с
roman: zapás
lang: Russian
word: резе́рв
roman: rezérv
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: рѐзе̄рва
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: rèzērva
lang: Slovak
word: rezerva
lang: Slovak
word: zásoba
lang: Slovene
word: rezerva
lang: Spanish
word: reserva
lang: Swedish
word: reserver
lang: Tagalog
word: panimbos
lang: Tagalog
word: pataan
lang: Tajik
word: захира
roman: zaxira
lang: Turkish
word: yedek
lang: Turkish
word: rezerv
lang: Ukrainian
word: запа́с
roman: zapás
lang: Ukrainian
word: резе́рв
roman: rezérv
lang: Uyghur
word: زاپاس
roman: zapas
lang: Uzbek
word: zaxira
lang: Uzbek
word: zapas
lang: Belarusian
word: рэзерва́цыя
roman: rezjervácyja
lang: Belarusian
word: рэзэрва́цыя
roman: rezervácyja
lang: Bulgarian
word: резерва́т
roman: rezervát
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 保留地
roman: bǎoliúdì
lang: Czech
word: rezervace
lang: Dutch
word: aboriginalreservaat
lang: Dutch
word: indianenreservaat
lang: Dutch
word: reservaat
lang: Finnish
word: reservaatti
lang: French
word: réserve
lang: German
word: Reservat
lang: German
word: Reservation
lang: Japanese
word: 保護区
roman: hogoku
lang: Japanese
word: 居留地
roman: kyoryūchi
lang: Korean
word: 보호구
roman: bohogu
lang: Korean
word: 거류지
roman: georyuji
lang: Polish
word: rezerwat
lang: Portuguese
word: reserva
lang: Russian
word: резерва́ция
roman: rezervácija
lang: Slovak
word: rezervácia
lang: Swedish
word: reservat
lang: Ukrainian
word: резерва́ція
roman: rezervácija