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adjective
1.
kept or set apart for some particular use or purpose.
2.
kept by special arrangement for some person: a reserved seat.
3.
formal or self-restrained in manner and relationship; avoiding familiarity or intimacy with others: a quiet, reserved man.
4.
5.
retaining the original color of a surface, especially when decorating portions of the surface with other colors.
Related forms
re·serv·ed·ness, noun
o·ver·re·served, adjective
o·ver·re·serv·ed·ly, adverb
o·ver·re·serv·ed·ness, noun
Synonyms
3, 4. composed, controlled reticent, constrained, taciturn, withdrawn, distant, cold.
3, 4. composed, controlled reticent, constrained, taciturn, withdrawn, distant, cold.
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Reserved
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Example Sentences
- Separate areas are reserved for spices and dry ingredients where the smells of thousands of flavours overwhelm the senses.
- I've reserved this column to give an overview of the device and to offer some fine-point kibitzing.
- But the biggest surprise of all was reserved for the fourth article in the series.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
2.
to retain or secure by express stipulation.
3.
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, service, etc.: ground reserved for gardening.
4.
to keep for oneself.
5.
EXPANDto retain (the original color) of a surface, as on a painted ceramic piece.
6.
COLLAPSEto save or set aside (a portion of the Eucharistic elements) to be administered, as to the sick, outside of the Mass or communion service.
noun
7.
Finance.
a.
cash, or assets readily convertible into cash, held aside, as by a corporation, bank, state or national government, etc., to meet expected or unexpected demands.
b.
uninvested cash held to comply with legal requirements.
8.
something kept or stored for use or need; stock: a reserve of food.
9.
a resource not normally called upon but available if needed.
10.
a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose: a forest reserve.
11.
EXPANDan act of reserving; reservation, exception, or qualification: I will do what you ask, but with one reserve.
12.
Military.
a.
a fraction of a military force held in readiness to sustain the attack or defense made by the rest of the force.
b.
the part of a country's fighting force not in active service.
c.
reserves, the enrolled but not regular components of the U.S. Army.
13.
formality and self-restraint in manner and relationship; avoidance of familiarity or intimacy with others: to conduct oneself with reserve.
14.
COLLAPSEreticence or silence.
adjective
Idioms15.
kept in reserve; forming a reserve: a reserve fund; a reserve supply.
16.
of or pertaining to the animal awarded second place in livestock shows: the reserve champion steer.
17.
in reserve, put aside or withheld for a future need; reserved: money in reserve.
18.
without reserve,
a.
without restraint; frankly; freely.
b.
(of articles at auction) without limitation as to the terms of sale, especially with no stipulated minimum price.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English reserven (v.) < Middle French reserver < Latin reservāre to keep back, retain, equivalent to re- re- + servāre to save
1325–75; Middle English reserven (v.) < Middle French reserver < Latin reservāre to keep back, retain, equivalent to re- re- + servāre to save
Related forms
re·serv·a·ble, adjective
re·serve·less, adjective
non·re·serv·a·ble, adjective
non·re·serve, noun, adjective
Antonyms
1. squander. 13, 14. warmth.
1. squander. 13, 14. warmth.
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Word Origin & History
reserve
mid-14c., from O.Fr. reserver, from L. reservare "keep back, save back," from re- "back" + servare "to keep, save, preserve, protect" (see observe). The noun meaning "something stored up" is from 1650s. Reserved (in manner) first recorded 1601 in Shakespeare ("All's Well" v.3).
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Medical Dictionary
reserve re·serve (rĭ-zûrv')
v. re·served, re·serv·ing, re·serves
To keep back, as for future use or for a special purpose.
To set or cause to be set apart for a particular person or use.
Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose. adj.
Held back, set aside, or saved.
Forming a reserve.
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