preservation
nounEtymology
From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + -ation.
- derived from preservatio
- derived from preservacion
Definitions
The act of preserving
The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
- Every seneseless thing by nature's light Doth preservation seek, destruction shun
- The eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, his is ther mighty protection, a preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling.
- Further, the Society pleads for the preservation of Sutton's Charity.
The state of being preserved, how something has survived.
- The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation.
- Tons of engine sheds would bite the dust with the end of steam, and many would be demolished with their time in the spotlight over. We're lucky that the one at Didcot survived into preservation.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at preservation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at preservation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at preservation
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA