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reserve
UK /ɹɪˈzɝv/ US /ɹɪˈzɝv/
noun 5name 5verb 4
Definitions
noun
1
A restriction.
The book is on reserve.
I accept your view with one reserve.
2
A restriction.
3
That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
The tone was set at Trump’s Inauguration. Tech moguls streamed into Washington; some sat behind the President during his Inaugural Address, a signal of the power they would wield. Over the next 11 months, they would use their enormous cash reserves, cultural power, and momentum to push their products into homes across the world.
4
That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
New oil reserves are continuously being discovered, but not as fast as the existing ones are running out.
If Alberta’s reserves are a carbon bomb, this global expansion of tar sands and oil shale exploitation amounts to an escalating emissions arms race, the unlocking of a subterranean cache of weapons of mass ecological destruction.
5
That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio was originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut.
the Clergy Reserves in Canada are for the support of the clergy.
verb
1
To keep back; to retain.
We reserve the right to make modifications.
I will reserve judgment until I have actually read his book.
2
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.
3
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!
4
To make an exception of; to except.
name
1
A city in Kansas.
2
A census-designated place in Louisiana.
3
A census-designated place in Montana.
4
A village, the county seat of Catron County, New Mexico.
5
A census-designated place in Wisconsin.
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