reserve B1 Topic:House & Home US /ɹɪˈzɝv/ UK /ɹɪˈzɜːv/ See IPA manual Freq #5787 Meanings 1 verb To arrange for a room, table, or seat to be kept for you in advance. I reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town. 2 verb To keep something for a special or future use. This cake is reserved for the guests! 3 noun A supply of something kept for future use. The country has large oil reserves. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to arrange for a room,... bookhold 2 verb · to keep something for a... holdsave More reserviststatavrterriersterritorials Word family Forms reservedreservedlyreservesreserving Derived forms bioreservenonreserveoff-reserveoverreservereservablereservativereserveereservelessreservismreservorressieunderreserve Related forms reservist Common collocations reserve a seat Verb + noun hidden reserve Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Old French reserver, from Latin reservō (“to reserve, retain”). *ser- (guard) Proto-Indo-European reserver Old French reservō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics House & Home Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # reserve **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** verb, noun **IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈzɝv/ **IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈzɜːv/ **Frequency rank:** 5787 ## Meanings 1. To arrange for a room, table, or seat to be kept for you in advance. 2. To keep something for a special or future use. 3. A supply of something kept for future use. ## Examples - I reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town. - This cake is reserved for the guests! - The country has large oil reserves. ## Synonyms - reservists - ta - tavr - terriers - territorials ## Derived Forms - bioreserve - nonreserve - off-reserve - overreserve - reservable - reservative - reservee - reserveless - reservism - reservor - ressie - underreserve ## Related Forms - reservist ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *ser- (guard) - Root: reserver - Root: reservō ## Etymology From Old French reserver, from Latin reservō (“to reserve, retain”). ## AI Etymology Reserve comes from Old French reserver, from Latin reservō (“to reserve, retain”). Modern senses include to arrange for a room, table, or seat to be kept for you in advance. and to keep something for a special or future use.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as bioreserve, nonreserve, off-reserve, overreserve, reservable, and reservative and related forms such as reservist. ## Topics - House & Home - Actions & Processes markdown