Reserve Definition
rĭ-zûrv
reserved, reserves, reserving
verb
reserved, reserves, reserving
To keep back, store up, or set apart for later use or for some special purpose.
Webster's New World
To hold over to a later time.
Webster's New World
To set aside or have set aside for a special person, etc.
To reserve a theater seat.
Webster's New World
To keep back or retain for oneself.
To reserve the right to refuse.
Webster's New World
To keep in store for future or special use.
This cake is reserved for the guests!
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
reserves
Something kept back or stored up, as for later use or for a special purpose.
Webster's New World
The practice of keeping one's thoughts, feelings, etc. to oneself; self-restraint or aloofness in speech and manner.
Webster's New World
Lack of enthusiasm, as from a misgiving or doubt.
Supported the idea without reserve.
American Heritage
A limitation or reservation.
Webster's New World
Reticence; silence.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- reservation
- preserve
- floating assets
- negotiable bonds
- government securities
- funded reserve
- sinking fund
- self-restraint
- self-control
- control
- reticence
- restraint
- uncommunicativeness
- taciturnity
- stockpile
adjective
Being, or having the nature of, a reserve or reserves.
A reserve supply.
Webster's New World
idiom
in reserve
- Kept back, set aside, or saved.
American Heritage
in reserve
- reserved for later use or for some person
Webster's New World
without reserve
- subject to no limitation
- without any minimum or asking price
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Reserve
- in reserve
- in reserve
- without reserve
Origin of Reserve
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Middle English reserven from Old French reserver from Latin reservāre to keep back re- re- servāre to keep ser-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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