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preservation

[pri-zurv]

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verb (used with object)

to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.

to keep safe from harm or injury; protect or spare.

to keep up; maintain: to preserve historical monuments.

to keep possession of; retain: to preserve one's composure.

to prepare (food or any perishable substance) so as to resist decomposition or fermentation.

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to prepare (fruit, vegetables, etc.) by cooking with sugar, pickling, canning, or the like.

to maintain and reserve (game, fish, etc.) for continued survival or for private use, as in hunting or fishing.

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verb (used without object)

to preserve fruit, vegetables, etc.; make preserves.

to maintain a preserve for game or fish, especially for sport.

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noun

10.

something that preserves.

11.

that which is preserved.

12.

Usually, preserves. fruit, vegetables, etc., prepared by cooking with sugar.

13.

a place set apart for protection and propagation of game or fish, especially for sport.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English preserven < Medieval Latin praeservāre to guard (Late Latin: to observe), equivalent to Latin prae- pre- + servāre to watch over, keep, preserve, observe

Related forms

pre·serv·a·ble, adjective

pre·serv·a·bil·i·ty, noun

pres·er·va·tion

[prez-er-vey-shuhn] , noun

pre·serv·er, noun

non·pre·serv·a·ble, adjective

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non·pres·er·va·tion, noun

sem·i·pre·served, adjective

un·pre·serv·a·ble, adjective

un·pre·served, adjective

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Synonyms
1. conserve. 2. safeguard, shelter, shield. See defend. 3. continue, uphold, sustain.

Antonyms
1. destroy.

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Example Sentences

Manual dexterity as needed in constructing preservation enclosures.

Conditions at the site are unusually favourable for the preservation of plant materials.

No one even knows what technology would have to be developed to reverse the preservation.

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Manual dexterity as needed in constructing preservation enclosures.

Conditions at the site are unusually favourable for the preservation of plant materials.

No one even knows what technology would have to be developed to reverse the preservation.

It is pointless to discuss preservation of specific animals.

Several major film preservation projects have been in the news recently.

The project became an exercise in preservation and space planning.

All that remained was a mold created in rock, and the activities of other invertebrates were critical in the preservation process.

Canning is a term that describes a certain method of food preservation.

Archaeological preservation has not been a priority-until now.

Conservationists and fishermen are working together on preservation programs that may promise a sustainable future for all.

Nearby rest more corpses in markedly different states of preservation and disarray.

The preservation of natural sounds in our national parks is a relatively new and still evolving project.

Perhaps the oldest and easiest form of food preservation is sun-drying.

We are also seeing the nature of sediment preservation over geologic time scales.

While outwardly maladaptive, these behaviors ensure some measure of psychic preservation.

And even if all of these problems are avoided, preservation is not perfect.

Until now the original design of the temple had not been well understood, partly due to the ruins' poor state of preservation.

We need to preserve biodiversity not out of any noble ideals but for our own preservation.

Especially when you consider preservation of various burrowing animals.

The couple decided to remodel the shed, and it became an exercise in preservation and space planning.

Many of these projects involve the preservation of tribal languages and stories.

The bottom line is how best to accomplish long-term preservation.

Yet the needs of residents for such amenities as light and water have tended to conflict with the demands of preservation.

For these groups conservation through habitat preservation is the better way to protect these species.

Overall the amount of preservation of these sedimentary structures indicates a low-energy depositional environment.

Concern over preservation of local farmland and the livelihood of small farmers was key.

But the original has faced a constant struggle for preservation.

Keirstead, who is now pursuing other research related to neuron preservation.

And it can select complementary areas for preservation.

Restricting research to cells fertilized before an improvement in the preservation technique further delayed progress.

Suffice it to say that the idea of historic preservation hadn't quite caught on by the mid-19th century.

Those who claim a high willingness to pay for wilderness should simply donate to preservation.

We will all profit from the preservation of the natural habitat and species that are a part of it.

The researchers are now probing the limits of this new preservation technique.

City officials said the soft market made preservation more viable.

He made the preservation of the airline's italianit.

Traditional ideas of how fossils form do not allow for the preservation of soft, perishable organic tissues.

For instance, brine is the term for salt solutions used in curing or pickling preservation processes.

Sprinkle said she liked the old, funky and decomposing quality of the films, but digitized her work for preservation purposes.

Hobbs got hands-on experience with preservation issues.

Any wilderness preservation conceit has to factor in a way to meet those needs or it's doomed.

Houser's work serves as a springboard for exploring the preservation of cultural and botanical.

The goal, of course, is balance between preservation and accessibility.

Second, dominant groups have disproportionate control over the production and preservation of widely circulated stories.

So her neighborhood preservation project became part guidebook and part cookbook, full of recipes from the shopkeepers.

One big consideration for any tenant is that modifications would have to be approved by the city's landmark preservation bureau.

Unfortunately, the preservation of shared governance requires vigilance-and even fierceness-on the part of faculty members.

The preservation of truly untouched wilderness has to put a value on nature over and above what nature may offer to humans.

Others have said that protein preservation over tens of millions of years should not be possible.

From the amazing state of preservation of even one sample in each strata it has got to be a unique event.

The research also shows that the bronze was cast in a way that allowed preservation of the model.

It's not clear what he cares about more, the copyright or the preservation of the dance.

If you emotions are a herd response then guilt is there for the preservation of the herd.

One should acknowledge good features of all cultures and wish for their preservation.

The salt men have proven to be scientific treasure troves, due to their advanced state of preservation.

Its all about survival,and selfish preservation of the genes, at any cost.

Thank you for your diligence for the preservation of one of the last large feline species.

It's time for other models of scholarly information preservation and access.

It combines the use of solar and the preservation of water.

Learn about a new way of travel that combines the pleasure of tourism with the preservation of our world's distinctive places.

Dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of dolls as an art form.

The preservation of these rights is essential as authors explore new markets and distribution channels.

Regular citizens might prefer cultural preservation to material gain.

The issue is preservation of distinct ecological regions.

She now lectures around the world arguing for the preservation of natural resources.

Except that ai ki do is not about fighting, but about cultural preservation.

Balancing tourist access and the preservation of the sandstone city may be a tough call.

As such, there is predictably no selective pressure placed on the preservation of a large brained cat.

It can't come soon enough for our society and the preservation of the world's ecosystem.

Turner, incorporated chrome yellows in their work, making its preservation a looming concern for many museums.

Contributing money to the preservation of this species at the same time.

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World English Dictionary

preserve (prɪˈzɜːv)

—vb
1.	to keep safe from danger or harm; protect
2.	to protect from decay or dissolution; maintain: to preserve old buildings
3.	to maintain possession of; keep up: to preserve a façade of indifference
4.	to prevent from decomposition or chemical change
5.	to prepare (food), as by freezing, drying, or salting, so that it will resist decomposition
6.	to make preserves of (fruit, etc)
7.	to rear and protect (game) in restricted places for hunting or fishing
8.	(intr) to maintain protection and favourable conditions for game in preserves

—n
9.	something that preserves or is preserved
10.	a special area or domain: archaeology is the preserve of specialists
11.	(usually plural) fruit, etc, prepared by cooking with sugar
12.	areas where game is reared for private hunting or fishing

[C14: via Old French, from Late Latin praeservāre literally: to keep safe in advance, from Latin prae- before + servāre to keep safe]

pre'servable

—*adj*

preserva'bility

—n

pre'servably

—*adv*

preservation

—n

pre'server

—n

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Word Origin & History

preserve

late 14c., from O.Fr. preserver, from M.L. preservare "keep, preserve," from L.L. præservare "guard beforehand," from L. præ- "before" + servare "to keep safe" (see observe). The noun sense of "fruit preserved with sugar" is from c.1600; that of "protected place

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for animals or plants" (a sense more properly belonging to conserve) is from 1807. Preservationist "advocate of protecting historic property" is recorded from 1927. Preservative (adj.) is attested from late 14c.; the noun sense of "chemical added to foods to keep them from rotting" is from 1875.

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