reserve
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old French reserver.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɝv/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɜːv/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v
- Hyphenation: re‧serve
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
editreserve (countable and uncountable, plural reserves)
- A restriction.
- The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
- The book is on reserve.
- I accept your view with one reserve.
- Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
- The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
- That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
- A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
- New oil reserves are continuously being discovered, but not as fast as the existing ones are running out.
- 2014 April 25, Martin Lukacs, “Canada becoming launch-pad of a global tar sands and oil shale frenzy”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 190, number 20, page 13:
- 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.
- A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose
- 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.
- (Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)
- (military) 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.
- (finance, insurance) Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.
- A reserve price in an auction.
- Wine held back and aged before being sold.
- (ceramics) Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain.
- 1973, Charles Kyrle Wilkinson, Nishapur: Pottery of the Early Islamic Period, New York, N.Y: Metropolitan Museum of Art, page 161:
- Each is decorated with a simple disk in reserve and a band in reserve adorned with white dots.
- A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
- Something initially kept back for later use in recreation.
- (sports) A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates.
- (card games) A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.
- In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.
- (calico printing) A resist.
- A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.
Synonyms
edit- (restraint of freedom in words or actions): self-restraint, reticence, taciturnity
- (sports: reserve player): substitute
- (military: reserve forces): Army Reserve, Territorial Army, TA, TAVR, territorials, terriers, reservists
- (tract of land for Aboriginal peoples): reservation, res, rez
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Verb
editreserve (third-person singular simple present reserves, present participle reserving, simple past and past participle reserved)
- To keep back; to retain.
- We reserve the right to make modifications.
- I will reserve judgment until I have actually read his book.
- To keep in store for future or special use.
- This cake is reserved for the guests!
- 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.
- To book in advance; to make a reservation.
- (obsolete) To make an exception of; to except.
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References
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editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French reserve, from Old French reserver.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editreserve f (plural reserves, diminutive reservetje n)
- reserve, emergency supply (that which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use)
- military reserves
- reservation, restraint
- (law, Belgium) forced estate, legitime
- Synonym: voorbehouden deel
- Antonym: beschikbaar deel
- (sports) alternate, substitute, reserve
Derived terms
edit- gasreserve
- oliereserve
- kapitaalreserve
- reserveband
- reservebank
- reservebatterij
- reserve-eenheid
- reservefiets
- reservekracht
- reserveleger
- reservemateriaal
- reserveofficier
- reserveonderdeel
- reservevoorraad
- reservewiel
- vetreserve
- voedselreserve
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editDescendants
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editIndonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch reserve, from Old French reserver.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrêsérvê (first-person possessive reserveku, second-person possessive reservemu, third-person possessive reservenya)
- (colloquial) reserve.
- (colloquial) requirement.
- Synonym: syarat
Alternative forms
edit- rizab (Standard Malay)
Further reading
edit- “reserve” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editVia German Reserve from French réserve
Noun
editreserve m (definite singular reserven, indefinite plural reserver, definite plural reservene)
- a reserve
Derived terms
editRelated terms
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editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editVia German Reserve from French réserve
Noun
editreserve m (definite singular reserven, indefinite plural reservar, definite plural reservane)
- a reserve
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “reserve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
editVerb
editreserve
- inflection of reservar:
Spanish
editVerb
editreserve
- inflection of reservar:
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