[
US
/ɹiˈzɝv, ɹɪˈzɝv/
]
NOUN
- formality and propriety of manner
- armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency
- something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
- a district that is reserved for particular purpose
- an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
- (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions
- the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
VERB
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hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency
they held back their applause in anticipation -
arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family
please hold a table at Maxim's
reserve me a seat on a flight -
obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance
We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's -
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
I will earmark this money for your research
She sets aside time for meditation every day
How To Use reserve In A Sentence
- Those morning glories are grown every year along the south face of the historic, well-preserved post-and-beam barn that is the center of Heritage Farm; the 890-acre spread a few miles north of Decorah that Seed Savers Exchange now calls home. Kurt Michael Friese: Memories of a Life Spent Saving Seeds
- Instead, the thin sandy developments defining the sequence boundaries suggest sandy sabkhas and sand sheets supplied by this undersaturated wind system and only preserved as a consequence of renewed lake-level rise.
- Ronald Martin retired from the United States Air Force Reserve as a Lt. Colonel. Mastin, Ronald L.
- And strips of cloth had been tied around the reserve chute so that it could not be opened either. The Sun
- And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them a hundred chariots. 1 Chronicles 18.
- There was a reason for this: unbeknown to the Reserve Bank, the major banks were working secretly and cooperatively to develop an alternative payment system that would substitute for direct debits.
- This is the exclusive preserve of the cave explorer who cares less for personal discomfort.
- Now, next time I'm sitting next to someone on the bus, or sleeping next to someone who has a full-body spasm while dozing off, I fully reserve the right to call them a hypnic jerk. Ilene Kleinbaum: The Great Wake Up Program: My Sleep Education
- In ajowan, the main component of the fruit is lipid in the form of reserve oil (triglyceride).
- But neither of those initiatives, expensive as they are, approach the civic munificence displayed by the Federal Reserve. The Fed's Cash Machine