reserve

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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.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to arrange for a room,... book hold

2 verb · to keep something for a... hold save

More reserviststatavrterriersterritorials

Word family

Forms reservedreservedlyreservesreserving

Derived forms bioreservenonreserveoff-reserveoverreservereservablereservativereserveereservelessreservismreservorressieunderreserve

Related forms reservist

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Simplified etymology

Reserve, recorded in Middle English, ultimately derives from Latin servare, “to keep.” Its early sense was “keep back.”

Etymology

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

*ser- (guard) Proto-Indo-European reserver Old French reservō Latin

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# 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
- Actions & Processes

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