preservation

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌpɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/ UK /ˌpɹɛz.əˈveɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #17997

Meanings

1

noun
The act of keeping something safe and protecting it from harm or loss.

The group works for the preservation of old buildings in the city.
2

noun
The state or condition in which something has survived.

The ancient canoe is in excellent preservation.
3

noun
A process that keeps food or organic material from decaying.

Salting is an old method of food preservation.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of keeping... saving conservation

Word family

Forms preservations

Derived forms biopreservationchemopreservationcopreservationcryopreservationdepreservationlyopreservationneuropreservationnonpreservationpreservationalpreservationismpreservationist self-preservation

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Proverbs (1)

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Self-preservation is the first law of nature

Etymology

From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + -ation.

preservacion Old French preservatio la-med

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# preservation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌpɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌpɹɛz.əˈveɪ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 17997

## Meanings
1. The act of keeping something safe and protecting it from harm or loss.
2. The state or condition in which something has survived.
3. A process that keeps food or organic material from decaying.

## Examples
- The group works for the preservation of old buildings in the city.
- The ancient canoe is in excellent preservation.
- Salting is an old method of food preservation.

## Derived Forms
- biopreservation
- chemopreservation
- copreservation
- cryopreservation
- depreservation
- lyopreservation
- neuropreservation
- nonpreservation
- preservational
- preservationism
- preservationist
- self-preservation

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: preservacion
- Root: preservatio

## Etymology
From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + -ation.

## AI Etymology
Preservation comes from Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + -ation. The historical chain includes preservacion (Old French), preservatio (la-med). In present-day English it covers the act of keeping something safe and protecting it from harm or loss, the state or condition in which something has survived, and a process that keeps food or organic material from decaying. The wider family includes derived forms such as biopreservation, chemopreservation, copreservation, cryopreservation, depreservation.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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