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- [pri-zurv]
- /prɪˈzɜrv/
- /prɪˈzɜːv/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pri-zurv]
- /prɪˈzɜrv/
Definitions of preserved word
- verb with object preserved to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens. 1
- verb with object preserved to keep safe from harm or injury; protect or spare. 1
- verb with object preserved to keep up; maintain: to preserve historical monuments. 1
- verb with object preserved to keep possession of; retain: to preserve one's composure. 1
- verb with object preserved to prepare (food or any perishable substance) so as to resist decomposition or fermentation. 1
- verb with object preserved to prepare (fruit, vegetables, etc.) by cooking with sugar, pickling, canning, or the like. 1
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Origin of preserved
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
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Preserved
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
preserved 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".
preserved usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for preserved
adj preserved
- canned — Canned music, laughter, or applause on a television or radio programme has been recorded beforehand and is added to the programme to make it sound as if there is a live audience.
- dried — simple past tense and past participle of dry.
- home free — a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
- in one piece — If someone or something is still in one piece after a dangerous journey or experience, they are safe and not damaged or hurt.
- inviolate — free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage.
verb preserved
- babysat — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- embalmed — Simple past tense and past participle of embalm.
- eternalized — Simple past tense and past participle of eternalize.
- eternized — (obsolete) Immortalized.
- froze — simple past tense of freeze.
adjective preserved
- candied — Food such as candied fruit has been covered with sugar or has been cooked in sugar syrup.
- conserved — Simple past tense and past participle of conserve.
- crystallised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystallise.
- crystallized — Crystallized fruits and sweets are covered in sugar which has been melted and then allowed to go hard.
- cured — (of food) treated by salting, smoking, or drying in order to preserve it
Antonyms for preserved
adj preserved
- altered — to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
- beggared — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- born-again — A born-again Christian is a person who has become an evangelical Christian as a result of a religious experience.
- fordone — exhausted with fatigue.
- in-solvent — not solvent; unable to satisfy creditors or discharge liabilities, either because liabilities exceed assets or because of inability to pay debts as they mature.
verb preserved
- abused — Simple past tense and past participle of abuse.
- annihilated — to reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly: The heavy bombing almost annihilated the city.
- ate — Ate is the past tense of eat.
- badmouthed — Simple past tense and past participle of badmouth.
- caponized — Simple past tense and past participle of caponize.
Top questions with preserved
- how to make preserved lemons?
- what does preserved mean?
- who preserved the ideas of socrates in his writings?
- how to use preserved lemons?
- where to buy preserved lemons?
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