reserve
/ri'zə:v/
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Definition
Noun:
- A supply kept for future use: Something saved or set aside to be used later, often for a specific purpose.
- Restraint in expression or bearing: The quality of being formal, unemotional, or reluctant to show feelings or opinions.
- A substitute player: An athlete who is available to replace a regular team member.
- Military forces not on active duty: Troops retained for potential deployment in emergencies.
- An area of land set aside: A tract of public land designated for a special use, such as for wildlife or indigenous peoples.
Verb:
- To arrange for something to be kept for future use: To secure or set aside something for a particular person, purpose, or time.
- To retain or hold back: To keep something, such as a right, judgment, or feeling, for possible future use or expression.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- The country has large oil reserves. (A supply kept for future use)
- She spoke with characteristic reserve, revealing little. (Restraint in expression)
- He is the first reserve for the national team. (A substitute player)
- The army called up its reserves. (Military forces not on active duty)
- They visited a nature reserve. (An area of land set aside)
Verb:
- I'd like to reserve a table for two at 8 PM. (To arrange for something to be kept)
- The management reserves the right to refuse entry. (To retain or hold back a right)
- She reserved her strongest criticism for the final section of her report. (To hold back for future expression)
Advanced Usage
"In reserve": Available to be used if needed.
- We keep a generator in reserve for power outages.
"Without reserve": Completely and openly; without holding back.
- He accepted the apology without reserve.
"To reserve judgment": To delay forming or stating an opinion.
- I will reserve judgment until I have seen all the evidence.
Variants and Related Words
Reservation (n): 1. The action of reserving something. 2. An expression of doubt or qualification. 3. An area of land set aside.
- I made a hotel reservation.
- I have some reservations about the plan.
Reserved (adj): 1. Slow to reveal emotions or opinions; restrained. 2. Set aside for a particular person or use.
- He is a very reserved person.
- These seats are reserved for guests.
Synonyms
- Noun (Supply): Stockpile, cache, store, backup.
- Noun (Restraint): Reticence, formality, aloofness.
- Verb (Arrange to keep): Book, secure, retain.
- Verb (Hold back): Keep, withhold, preserve.
Related Phrasal Verbs
(Note: "Reserve" is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meanings are typically expressed directly.)
Related Idioms
"Reserve of strength": A hidden or untapped source of energy or power.
- In the final mile, she found a reserve of strength and sprinted to the finish.
"To have something in reserve": To have something kept back for use when needed.
- A good negotiator always has a compromise in reserve.
Noun
- the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
- armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency
- a district that is reserved for particular purpose
- (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions
- an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
- something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
- formality and propriety of manner
Verb
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- reserve me a seat on a flight
- The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family
- please hold a table at Maxim's
- 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
- hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency
- they held back their applause in anticipation