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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•serve /rɪˈzɜrv/USA pronunciation v., -served, -serv•ing, n., adj. v. [~ + object] - to keep back or save for future use, handling, etc.:He reserved his strength for the last half mile of the race.
- to keep aside or save by an arrangement in advance:We reserved a room at the hotel.
- to set apart for a particular use, purpose, service, etc.:reserved certain seats for the elderly.
- to delay;
postpone:He reserved judgment on the plan.
n. - Business[countable] cash, or other financial sources that can be easily changed into cash or held aside to meet unexpected demands.
- something stored or saved for use or time of need;
stock:[countable]a reserve of food. - an area of public land set apart for a special purpose:[countable]a forest reserve.
- Military reserves, [plural] part of a military force held in readiness to assist the main force, or kept apart and not in active duty:joined the reserves.
- [uncountable] caution or formality in one's words or actions.
adj. [before a noun] - kept in reserve:reserve supplies.
Idioms- Idioms in reserve, put aside for a future need:money held in reserve.
See -serv-2. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: reserve /rɪˈzɜːv/ vb (transitive)- to keep back or set aside, esp for future use or contingency; withhold
- to keep for oneself; retain: I reserve the right to question these men later
- to obtain or secure by advance arrangement: I have reserved two tickets for tonight's show
- to delay delivery of (a judgment), esp in order to allow time for full consideration of the issues involved
n - something kept back or set aside, esp for future use or contingency
- (as modifier): a reserve stock
- the state or condition of being reserved: I have plenty in reserve
- a tract of land set aside for the protection and conservation of wild animals, flowers, etc: a nature reserve
Also called: reservation Canadian an area of land set aside, esp (in the US and Canada) for American or Canadian Indian peoples- Austral NZ an area of publicly owned land set aside for sport, recreation, etc
- the act of reserving; reservation
- a member of a team who only plays if a playing member drops out; a substitute
- (often plural) a part of an army or formation not committed to immediate action in a military engagement
- that part of a nation's armed services not in active service
- coolness or formality of manner; restraint, silence, or reticence
- a portion of capital not invested (a capital reserve) or a portion of profits not distributed (a revenue or general reserve) by a bank or business enterprise and held to meet legal requirements, future liabilities, or contingencies
- (often plural) liquid assets held by an organization, government, etc, to meet expenses and liabilities
- without reserve ⇒ without reservations; fully; wholeheartedly
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French reserver, from Latin reservāre to save up, from re- + servāre to keepreˈservable adj reˈserver n re-serve (rē sûrv′),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i., -served, -serv•ing. - to serve again.
re•serve (ri zûrv′),USA pronunciation v., -served, -serv•ing, n., adj. v.t. - to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
- to retain or secure by express stipulation.
- to set apart for a particular use, purpose, service, etc.:ground reserved for gardening.
- to keep for oneself.
- to retain (the original color) of a surface, as on a painted ceramic piece.
- Religionto save or set aside (a portion of the Eucharistic elements) to be administered, as to the sick, outside of the Mass or communion service.
n. - Business[Finance.]
- Businesscash, or assets readily convertible into cash, held aside, as by a corporation, bank, state or national government, etc., to meet expected or unexpected demands.
- uninvested cash held to comply with legal requirements.
- something kept or stored for use or need;
stock:a reserve of food. - a resource not normally called upon but available if needed.
- a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose:a forest reserve.
- an act of reserving;
reservation, exception, or qualification:I will do what you ask, but with one reserve. - Military
- a fraction of a military force held in readiness to sustain the attack or defense made by the rest of the force.
- the part of a country's fighting force not in active service.
- reserves, the enrolled but not regular components of the U.S. Army.
- formality and self-restraint in manner and relationship;
avoidance of familiarity or intimacy with others:to conduct oneself with reserve. - reticence or silence.
- in reserve, put aside or withheld for a future need;
reserved:money in reserve. - without reserve:
- without restraint;
frankly;
freely. - (of articles at auction) without limitation as to the terms of sale, esp. with no stipulated minimum price.
adj. - kept in reserve;
forming a reserve:a reserve fund; a reserve supply. - Animal Husbandryof or pertaining to the animal awarded second place in livestock shows:the reserve champion steer.
- Latin reservāre to keep back, retain, equivalent. to re- re- + servāre to save
- Middle French reserver
- Middle English reserven (verb, verbal) 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged husband, hold, store. See keep.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged supply.
- 14.See corresponding entry in Unabridged taciturnity, constraint, coldness.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged squander.
- 13, 14.See corresponding entry in Unabridged warmth.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: re-serve /riːˈsɜːv/ vb - (transitive) to serve again
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