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reserve
English
Etymology
From Old French reserver.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???z?v/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???z??v/
- Rhymes: -??(?)v
- Hyphenation: re?serve
Noun
reserve (countable and uncountable, plural reserves)
- (behaviour) Restriction.
- The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
- 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.
- A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose
- (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, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Nishapur: Pottery of the Early Islamic Period (page 161)
- Each is decorated with a simple disk in reserve and a band in reserve adorned with white dots.
- 1973, Charles Kyrle Wilkinson, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Nishapur: Pottery of the Early Islamic Period (page 161)
- A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
- (social) Something initially kept back for later use in a 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
- (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
Derived terms
Related terms
- reservist
Translations
Verb
reserve (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.
- 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.
Translations
Anagrams
- Reveres, reveres, reverse, severer, veerers
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French reserve, from Old French reserver.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r??z?r.v?/
- Hyphenation: re?ser?ve
- Rhymes: -?rv?
Noun
reserve 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
- gasreserve
- oliereserve
- kapitaalreserve
- reserveband
- reservebank
- reservebatterij
- reserve-eenheid
- reservefiets
- reservekracht
- reserveleger
- reservemateriaal
- reserveofficier
- reserveonderdeel
- reservevoorraad
- reservewiel
- vetreserve
- voedselreserve
Related terms
- reserveren
Descendants
- Afrikaans: reserwe
- ? Indonesian: reserve
Anagrams
- serveer, servere, verrees
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch reserve, from Old French reserver.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [r??ser.v?]
- Hyphenation: rê?sér?vê
Noun
rêsérvê (first-person possessive reserveku, second-person possessive reservemu, third-person possessive reservenya)
- (colloquial) reserve.
- Synonyms: cadangan, serap
- (colloquial) requirement.
- Synonym: syarat
Further reading
- “reserve” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Via German Reserve from French réserve
Noun
reserve m (definite singular reserven, indefinite plural reserver, definite plural reservene)
- a reserve
Derived terms
- reservedel
Related terms
- reservere
References
- “reserve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “reserve” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Via German Reserve from French réserve
Noun
reserve m (definite singular reserven, indefinite plural reservar, definite plural reservane)
- a reserve
Derived terms
- reservedel
References
- “reserve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Verb
reserve
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of reservar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of reservar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of reservar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of reservar
Spanish
Verb
reserve
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of reservar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of reservar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of reservar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of reservar.
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reservoir
English
Etymology
From French réservoir (“collection place”) (fig.), réservoir (“storehouse”) (lit.). in turn from French réserver (“to reserve, keep”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???z.?.vw??(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /???z.?(?).vw??/, /???z.?(?).vw??/, /???z.?(?).v??/
Noun
reservoir (plural reservoirs)
- A place where anything is kept in store
- A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
- A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
- A supply or source of something.
- A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.
Derived terms
- air reservoir
- receiving reservoir
- oil reservoir
- petroleum reservoir
Related terms
- reserve
Translations
References
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French réservoir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re?.z?r?v?a?r/, /re?.z?r?v?a?r/
- Hyphenation: re?ser?voir
Noun
reservoir n (plural reservoirs, diminutive reservoirtje n)
- reservoir
Derived terms
- waterreservoir
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