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well-conserved

con·serve
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [verb kuh n-surv; noun kon-surv, kuh n-surv]
    • /wɛl -ˈsɝːv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [verb kuh n-surv; noun kon-surv, kuh n-surv]
    • /wɛl -ˈsɝːv/

Definitions of well-conserved word

  • verb with object well-conserved to prevent injury, decay, waste, or loss of: Conserve your strength for the race. 1
  • verb with object well-conserved to use or manage (natural resources) wisely; preserve; save: Conserve the woodlands. 1
  • verb with object well-conserved Physics, Chemistry. to hold (a property) constant during an interaction or process: the interaction conserved linear momentum. 1
  • verb with object well-conserved to preserve (fruit) by cooking with sugar or syrup. 1
  • noun well-conserved Often, conserves. a mixture of several fruits cooked to jamlike consistency with sugar and often garnished with nuts and raisins. 1

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Origin of well-conserved

First appearance:

before 1325
One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; (v.) Middle English < Latin conservāre to save, preserve, equivalent to con- con- + servāre to watch over, guard (akin to servus slave, servīre to serve); (noun) Middle English < Middle French conserve, noun derivative of conserver < Latin, as above

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Parts of speech for Well-conserved

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

well-conserved popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% 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".

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