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- [pri-zurv]
- /prɪˈzɜrv/
- /prɪˈzɜːv/
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- [pri-zurv]
- /prɪˈzɜrv/
Definitions of preserve word
- verb with object preserve to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens. 1
- verb with object preserve to keep safe from harm or injury; protect or spare. 1
- verb with object preserve to keep up; maintain: to preserve historical monuments. 1
- verb with object preserve to keep possession of; retain: to preserve one's composure. 1
- verb with object preserve to prepare (food or any perishable substance) so as to resist decomposition or fermentation. 1
- verb with object preserve to prepare (fruit, vegetables, etc.) by cooking with sugar, pickling, canning, or the like. 1
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Origin of preserve
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English preserven < Medieval Latin praeservāre to guard (Late Latin: to observe), equivalent to Latin prae- pre- + servāre to watch over, keep, preserve, observe
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Parts of speech for Preserve
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
preserve popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
preserve usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for preserve
verb preserve
- apprize — to give notice to; inform; advise (often followed by of): to be apprised of the death of an old friend.
- babysit — If you babysit for someone or babysit their children, you look after their children while they are out.
- ballasted — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- ballasting — Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- beat off — to drive back; repel
noun preserve
- asylum — If a government gives a person from another country asylum, they allow them to stay, usually because they are unable to return home safely for political reasons.
- co-op — A co-op is a co-operative.
- condo — Condo means the same as condominium.
- coverts — concealed; secret; disguised.
- gelatin — a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
Antonyms for preserve
verb preserve
- abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- alter — If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.
- annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
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