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reserve

noun
/ɹɪˈzɝv/US/ɹɪˈzɜːv/UK

Etymology

From Old French reserver, from Latin reservō (“to reserve, retain”).

  1. derived from reservō — “to reserve, retain”
  2. derived from reserver

Definitions

  1. A restriction.

    • The book is on reserve.
    • I accept your view with one reserve.

  2. That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.

  3. Something initially kept back for later use in recreation.

  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event…

      In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.

    2. A resist.

    3. A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.

    4. To keep back

      To keep back; to retain.

      • We reserve the right to make modifications.
      • I will reserve judgment until I have actually read his book.

    5. To keep in store for future or special use.

      • This cake is reserved for the guests!
      • Please reserve me a parking space if you can.
      • c. 1703-1720, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage Conceal your esteem and love in your own breast, and reserve your kind looks and language for private hours.

    6. To book in advance

      To book in advance; to make a reservation for.

      • I reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town.
      • Thanks for reserving us a room!

    7. To make an exception of

      To make an exception of; to except.

    8. A city in Kansas.

    9. A census-designated place in Louisiana.

    10. A census-designated place in Montana.

    11. A village, the county seat of Catron County, New Mexico.

    12. A census-designated place in Wisconsin.

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Derived

bioreserve, cognitive reserve, cookie-jar reserve, dividend equalisation reserve, Federal Reserve, fractional reserve banking, functional reserve, game reserve, in reserve, natural reserve, nature reserve, nonreserve, off reserve, off-reserve, reserve bank, reserve buoyancy, Reserve Creek, reserve currency, reserve grade, reserve grader, reserveless, reserve price, reserve team, reservism, ressie, urban reserve, wildlife reserve, underreserve, unreserve, overreserve, reservable, reservative, reservee, reservor

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at reserve. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at reserve. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at reserve

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