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reserve
[ ri-zurv ]
verb (used with object)
- to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- to retain or secure by express stipulation.
- to set apart for a particular use, purpose, service, etc.:
ground reserved for gardening.
- to keep for oneself.
- to retain (the original color) of a surface, as on a painted ceramic piece.
- 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.
noun
- Finance.
- cash, or assets readily convertible into cash, held aside, as by a corporation, bank, state or national government, etc., to meet expected or unexpected demands.
- uninvested cash held to comply with legal requirements.
- something kept or stored for use or need; stock:
a reserve of food.
Synonyms:
- a resource not normally called upon but available if needed.
- a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose:
a forest reserve.
- an act of reserving; reservation, exception, or qualification:
I will do what you ask, but with one reserve.
- Military.
- a fraction of a military force held in readiness to sustain the attack or defense made by the rest of the force.
- the part of a country's fighting force not in active service.
- reserves, the enrolled but not regular components of the U.S. Army.
- formality and self-restraint in manner and relationship; avoidance of familiarity or intimacy with others:
to conduct oneself with reserve.
Antonyms:
- reticence or silence.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
adjective
- kept in reserve; forming a reserve:
a reserve fund; a reserve supply.
- of or relating to the animal awarded second place in livestock shows:
the reserve champion steer.
reserve
/ ɪˈɜː /
verb
- to keep back or set aside, esp for future use or contingency; withhold
- to keep for oneself; retain
I reserve the right to question these men later
- to obtain or secure by advance arrangement
I have reserved two tickets for tonight's show
- to delay delivery of (a judgment), esp in order to allow time for full consideration of the issues involved
noun
- something kept back or set aside, esp for future use or contingency
- ( as modifier )
a reserve stock
- the state or condition of being reserved
I have plenty in reserve
- a tract of land set aside for the protection and conservation of wild animals, flowers, etc
a nature reserve
- Also calledreservation an area of land set aside, esp (in the US and Canada) for American or Canadian Indian peoples
- an area of publicly owned land set aside for sport, recreation, etc
- the act of reserving; reservation
- a member of a team who only plays if a playing member drops out; a substitute
- often plural
- a part of an army or formation not committed to immediate action in a military engagement
- that part of a nation's armed services not in active service
- coolness or formality of manner; restraint, silence, or reticence
- finance
- a portion of capital not invested (a capital reserve ) or a portion of profits not distributed (a revenue or general reserve ) by a bank or business enterprise and held to meet legal requirements, future liabilities, or contingencies
- often plural liquid assets held by an organization, government, etc, to meet expenses and liabilities
- without reservewithout reservations; fully; wholeheartedly
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
- ˈ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·a· adjective
- ·l adjective
- non·a· adjective
- ԴDzr· noun adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of reserve1
Idioms and Phrases
- in reserve, put aside or withheld for a future need; reserved:
money in reserve.
- without reserve,
- without restraint; frankly; freely.
- (of articles at auction) without limitation as to the terms of sale, especially with no stipulated minimum price.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Prospective buyers say they feel "lied to" and "angry" after losing thousands of pounds reserving unfinished flats.
Surplus is the amount of money an insurer has set aside to pay for unexpected claims after running through its reserves, reinsurance and other funds.
Leadership shouldn't just be reserved for the already rich and powerful.
Trump himself has reserved some of his harshest criticism for historic allies and major trade partners, such as Canada and the EU.
The M88 and its crew were being held in reserve and were sent out on the recovery mission when news came in over the radio that another vehicle was in trouble.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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