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- [ri-zurv]
- /rɪˈzɜrv/
- /rɪˈzɜːv/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ri-zurv]
- /rɪˈzɜrv/
Definitions of reserve word
- verb with object reserve to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc. 1
- verb with object reserve to retain or secure by express stipulation. 1
- verb with object reserve to set apart for a particular use, purpose, service, etc.: ground reserved for gardening. 1
- verb with object reserve to keep for oneself. 1
- verb with object reserve to retain (the original color) of a surface, as on a painted ceramic piece. 1
- verb with object reserve to save or set aside (a portion of the Eucharistic elements) to be administered, as to the sick, outside of the Mass or communion service. 1
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Origin of reserve
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English reserven (v.) < Middle French reserver < Latin reservāre to keep back, retain, equivalent to re- re- + servāre to save
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Parts of speech for Reserve
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
reserve popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% 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".
reserve usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for reserve
noun reserve
- ace in the hole — Something that is an ace in the hole is an advantage which you have over an opponent or rival, and which you can use if necessary.
- ace up one's sleeve — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
- backlog — A backlog is a number of things which have not yet been done but which need to be done.
- banknote — Banknotes are pieces of paper money.
- bullion — Bullion is gold or silver, usually in the form of bars.
verb reserve
- add up — If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.
- bespeak — If someone's action or behaviour bespeaks a particular quality, feeling, or experience, it shows that quality, feeling, or experience.
- binning — a box or enclosed place for storing grain, coal, or the like.
- blot out — If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- book — A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories, or poetry, for example.
adj reserve
- adjuvant — aiding or assisting
- appurtenant — relating, belonging, or accessory
- auxiliary — An auxiliary is a person who is employed to assist other people in their work. Auxiliaries are often medical workers or members of the armed forces.
- dummiest — a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
- gingerbread — a type of cake flavored with ginger and molasses.
adjective reserve
- backup — Backup consists of extra equipment, resources, or people that you can get help or support from if necessary.
- emergency — A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.
- extra — Added to an existing or usual amount or number.
- fallback — an act or instance of falling back.
- fusser — One who fusses; a fussy person.
Antonyms for reserve
noun reserve
- abolitionism — the principle or policy of abolition, especially of slavery of blacks in the U.S.
- acquaintanceship — a person known to one, but usually not a close friend.
- audacity — Audacity is audacious behaviour.
- citizenship — If you have citizenship of a country, you are legally accepted as belonging to it.
- cockiness — conceited self-assurance
verb reserve
- flip-flopping — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- inversed — reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
- inversing — reversed in position, order, direction, or tendency.
- evaginate — (with reference to a tubular or pouch-shaped organ or structure) turn or be turned inside out.
- evert — Turn (a structure or organ) outward or inside out.
Top questions with reserve
- who owns the federal reserve?
- what is the fed reserve?
- what is the federal reserve?
- how many federal reserve districts are there?
- what does the federal reserve do?
- what is the federal reserve system?
- what is the army reserve?
- what is the required reserve ratio?
- who owns the federal reserve bank?
- what does injured reserve mean in nfl?
- how many districts make up the federal reserve system?
- how many federal reserve banks are there?
- what is fed reserve?
- what did the federal reserve act create?
- why was the federal reserve created?
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