"preservation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹɛ.zɝˈveɪ.ʃən/ [US] Audio: en-us-preservation.ogg Forms: preservations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + -ation. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|preservacion}} Old French preservacion, {{der|en|ML.|preservatio}} Medieval Latin preservatio, {{suffix|en|preserve|ation|nocat=1}} preserve + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} preservation (countable and uncountable, plural preservations)
  1. The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of preserving): τήρησις (tḗrēsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مُحَافَظَة (muḥāfaẓa) [feminine] (Arabic), կոնսերվացում (konservacʻum) (Armenian), mühafizə (Azerbaijani), опазване (opazvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), съхранение (sǎhranenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), preservació [feminine] (Catalan), 保存 (bǎocún) (Chinese Mandarin), säilyttäminen (Finnish), préservation [feminine] (French), Erhaltung [feminine] (German), conservazione [feminine] (Italian), preservazione [feminine] (Italian), salvaguardia [feminine] (Italian), 保存 (hozon) (alt: ほぞん) (Japanese), ಸಂರಕ್ಷಣೆ (saṃrakṣaṇe) (Kannada), 보존 (bojon) (Korean), зачуву́вање (začuvúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), запазу́вање (zapazúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), одржу́вање (održúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), bevaring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bevaring [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), محافظت (mohâfazat) (Persian), preservação [feminine] (Portuguese), сохране́ние (soxranénije) (Russian), preservación [feminine] (Spanish), bevarande [neuter] (Swedish), saimbak (Tagalog), муҳофиза (muhofiza) (Tajik), పరిరక్షణ (parirakṣaṇa) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-preservation-en-noun-U6YJbS9x Disambiguation of 'the act of preserving': 96 4
  2. The state of being preserved, how something has survived. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: preservationist, self-preservation

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "expansion": "preservation (countable and uncountable, plural preservations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1600, Sir John Davies, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Soul:",
          "text": "Every seneseless thing by nature's light\nDoth preservation seek, destruction shun",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiasticus 34:16:",
          "text": "The eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, his is ther mighty protection, a preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1886 January 5, The Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past, volume XIII, number 73, page 85:",
          "text": "Further, the Society pleads for the preservation of Sutton's Charity.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, J. N. Adams, “The Republic: inscriptions”, in The Regional Diversification of Latin 200 BC - AD 600, Cambridge University Press, page 105:",
          "text": "When a language dies members of the culture of which that language was once a part may attempt to hold on to their linguistic heritage, if not by the use of the defunct language itself, at least by the preservation of its script.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "preserving",
          "preserve"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1886 January 5, The Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past, volume XIII, number 73, page 135:",
          "text": "The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Didcot (1932)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 61:",
          "text": "Tons of engine sheds would bite the dust with the end of steam, and many would be demolished with their time in the spotlight over. We're lucky that the one at Didcot survived into preservation.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 12, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Castles: ruined and redeemed by rail”, in RAIL, number 948, page 54:",
          "text": "As Edwin Clark [...] wrote in 1850: \"[...] The lofty towers of the castle overhang the western approach to the Bridge, and the line passes into Conway through an opening pierced in the embattled wall, which entirely surrounds the town. These fortifications are in good preservation, and rank among the most perfect examples of the strongholds of the 13th century.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state of being preserved, how something has survived."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɛ.zɝˈveɪ.ʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/En-us-preservation.ogg"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muḥāfaẓa",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُحَافَظَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "konservacʻum",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "word": "կոնսերվացում"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "word": "mühafizə"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opazvane",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "опазване"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎhranenie",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "съхранение"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preservació"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǎocún",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "word": "保存"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "word": "säilyttäminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "préservation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erhaltung"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "tḗrēsis",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "τήρησις"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conservazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preservazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "salvaguardia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほぞん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hozon",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "word": "保存"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "saṃrakṣaṇe",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "word": "ಸಂರಕ್ಷಣೆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bojon",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "word": "보존"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "začuvúvanje",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зачуву́вање"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zapazúvanje",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "запазу́вање"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "održúvanje",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "одржу́вање"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bevaring"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bevaring"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mohâfazat",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "word": "محافظت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preservação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soxranénije",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "word": "сохране́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preservación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bevarande"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "word": "saimbak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "muhofiza",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "word": "муҳофиза"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "parirakṣaṇa",
      "sense": "the act of preserving",
      "word": "పరిరక్షణ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:preservation"
  ],
  "word": "preservation"
}

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