Pronunciation Noun
reserve
- (behaviour) 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.
- 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.
- A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
- (social) Something initially kept back for later use in a recreation.
- 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.
- (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
- French: réservation
- German: Reservieren, Bedenken, Vorbehalt
- Portuguese: reserva
- Russian: запаса́ние
- French: réserve
- German: Schutzgebiet
- Portuguese: reserva
- Russian: запове́дник
- French: réserve
- German: Reserviertheit
- Russian: сде́ржанность
- Portuguese: reserva
- Russian: запо́ведник
- Portuguese: reserva
- Russian: резе́рвный фонд
- Portuguese: reserva
- Russian: запасно́й игро́к
reserve (reserves, present participle reserving; past reserved, past participle reserved)
- To keep back; to retain.
- We reserve the right to make modifications.
- 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.
- I reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town.
- (obsolete) To make an exception of; to except.
- German: vorbehalten
- Portuguese: reservar
- Russian: резерви́ровать
- German: vorbehalten
- Portuguese: reservar
- Russian: запаса́ть
- German: reservieren, buchen, vormerken
- Portuguese: reservar
- Russian: резерви́ровать
Reserve
Proper noun
- A city in Kansas.
- A census-designated place in Louisiana.
- A census-designated place in Montana.
- A village/county seat in Catron County, New Mexico.
- A census-designated place in Wisconsin.
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