reserve

Plural: reserves

Noun

• formality and propriety of manner
• something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
• an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
• (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions
• a district that is reserved for particular purpose
• armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency
• the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
• A restriction.
• The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.
• A restriction.
• Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
• That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
• A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
• That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
• A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose
• That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
• A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group: Indian reserve.
• That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
• A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
• That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
• Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.
• That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
• A reserve price in an auction.
• That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
• Wine held back and aged before being sold.
• That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
• Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain.
• Something initially kept back for later use in recreation.
• A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates.
• Something initially kept back for later use in recreation.
• A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.
• In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.
• A resist.
• A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.

Verb

Verb Forms: reserved, reserving, reserves

• To keep back or set aside for future use.
• hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency
• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
• obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance
  • "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's"
• arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
  • "reserve me a seat on a flight"
• To keep back; to retain.
• To keep in store for future or special use.
• To book in advance; to make a reservation for.
• To make an exception of; to except.

Examples

• A clever player will reserve high-value tiles for potential bonus squares on the Scrabble board.
• I accept your view with one reserve.
• I reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town.
• I will reserve judgment until I have actually read his book.
• New oil reserves are continuously being discovered, but not as fast as the existing ones are running out.
• no reserve [the lot(s) will be sold no matter how low the bids are]
• no reserves [the military force is throwing everything it has at the front]
• Please reserve me a parking space if you can.
• reserve not met [the lot(s) will not be sold because the highest bid was too low to be acceptable]
• Thanks for reserving us a room!
• The book is on reserve.
• the Clergy Reserves in Canada are for the support of the clergy.
• the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio was originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut.
• This cake is reserved for the guests!
• We reserve the right to make modifications.

Synonyms

allow, appropriate, backlog, book, earmark, hold, military reserve, modesty, reservation, reticence, second-stringer, set aside, stockpile, substitute, taciturnity, Army Reserve, TA, TAVR, Territorial Army, book#Verb, enroll in, hold#Verb, register for, res, reservists, rez, save#Verb, schedule#Verb, self-restraint, sign up for, terriers, territorials

Related Words

reservist

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