reserve

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See also: Reserve, réserve, réservé, reservé, rêsèrvé, and re-serve

English

Etymology

From Old French reserver, from Latin reservō (“to reserve, retain”).

Pronunciation

Noun

reserve (countable and uncountable, plural reserves)

  1. A restriction.
    1. The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
      The book is on reserve.
      I accept your view with one reserve.
    2. Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
  2. That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
    1. A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
      New oil reserves are continuously being discovered, but not as fast as the existing ones are running out.
    2. A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose
      the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio was originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut.
      the Clergy Reserves in Canada are for the support of the clergy.
    3. (Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)
    4. (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.
    5. (finance, insurance) Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.
    6. A reserve price in an auction.
    7. Wine held back and aged before being sold.
    8. (ceramics) Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain.
      • 1973, Charles Kyrle Wilkinson, Nishapur: Pottery of the Early Islamic Period, New York, N.Y: Metropolitan Museum of Art, page 161:
        Each is decorated with a simple disk in reserve and a band in reserve adorned with white dots.
  3. Something initially kept back for later use in recreation.
    1. (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.
    2. (card games) A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.
  4. In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.
  5. (calico printing) A resist.
  6. A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.

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Translations

military: body of troops in the rear of an army
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Verb

reserve (third-person singular simple present reserves, present participle reserving, simple past and past participle reserved)

  1. To keep back; to retain.
    We reserve the right to make modifications.
    I will reserve judgment until I have actually read his book.
  2. 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.
  3. To book in advance; to make a reservation.
    I reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town.
    Synonyms: sign up, register, schedule, enroll, book
  4. (obsolete) To make an exception of; to except.

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Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French reserve, from Old French reserver.

Pronunciation

Noun

reserve f (plural reserves, diminutive reservetje n)

  1. reserve, emergency supply (that which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use)
  2. military reserves
  3. reservation, restraint
  4. (law, Belgium) forced estate, legitime
    Synonym: voorbehouden deel
    Antonym: beschikbaar deel
  5. (sports) alternate, substitute, reserve

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: reserwe
  • → Indonesian: reserve (“reserve”)
  • >? Javanese: ꦱꦺꦉꦥ꧀ (sèrep, “spare”)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch reserve, from Old French reserver.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: rê‧sér‧vê

Noun

rêsérvê

  1. (colloquial) reserve.
    Synonyms: cadangan, serap
  2. (colloquial) requirement.
    Synonym: syarat

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Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Via German Reserve from French réserve

Noun

reserve m (definite singular reserven, indefinite plural reserver, definite plural reservene)

  1. a reserve

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Via German Reserve from French réserve

Noun

reserve m (definite singular reserven, indefinite plural reservar, definite plural reservane)

  1. a reserve

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Portuguese

Verb

reserve

  1. inflection of reservar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

reserve

  1. inflection of reservar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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