"preserve" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹəˈzɜːv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹəˈzɝv/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-preserve.ogg [US] Forms: preserves [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v Etymology: From Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin prēservāre (“keep, preserve”), from Late Latin praeservāre (“guard beforehand”), from prae (“before”, adverb) + servāre (“maintain, keep”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ser- (guard)}}, {{inh|en|enm|preserven}} Middle English preserven, {{der|en|fro|preserver}} Old French preserver, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{m|la|prēservāre||keep, preserve}} prēservāre (“keep, preserve”), {{der|en|LL.|-}} Late Latin, {{m|la|praeservāre||guard beforehand}} praeservāre (“guard beforehand”), {{affix|la|prae|servāre|nocat=1|pos1=adverb|t1=before|t2=maintain, keep}} prae (“before”, adverb) + servāre (“maintain, keep”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} preserve (countable and uncountable, plural preserves)
  1. A sweet spread made of any of a variety of fruits. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: jam, jelly, marmalade Translations (sweet spread): μελίμηλον (melímēlon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), مُرَبًّى (murabban) [masculine] (Arabic), ҡайнатма (qaynatma) (Bashkir), варенье (varenʹye) (Bashkir), сладко (sladko) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 果醬 (Chinese Mandarin), 果酱 (guǒjiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), marmeladi (Finnish), hillo (Finnish), confiture [feminine] (French), conserve [feminine] (French), Konserve [feminine] (German), Eingemachtes [neuter] (German), confettura [feminine] (Italian), marmellata [feminine] (Italian), ジャム (jamu) (Japanese), プレザーブ (purezābu) (Japanese), (jaem) (Korean), сла́тко (slátko) [neuter] (Macedonian), przetwór [masculine] (Polish), варе́нье (varénʹje) [neuter] (Russian), сла̀тко̄ [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), slatko [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), mermelada [feminine] (Spanish), sylt [common-gender] (Swedish), marmelad [common-gender] (Swedish), konserverad frukt [common-gender] (Swedish), reçel (Turkish), варе́ння (varénnja) (Ukrainian), mứt (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-preserve-en-noun-k6AHNA10 Disambiguation of 'sweet spread': 100 0 0
  2. A reservation, a nature preserve. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (nature preserve): ҡурсаулыҡ (qursawlıq) (Bashkir), резерват (rezervat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), reserva natural [feminine] (Catalan), naturreservat [neuter] (Danish), looduskaitseala (Estonian), luonnonpuisto (Finnish), luonnonsuojelualue (Finnish), réserve naturelle [feminine] (French), reserva natural [feminine] (Galician), Naturschutzgebiet [neuter] (German), Naturreservat [neuter] (German), cagar alam (Indonesian), riserva (Italian), vīvārium [neuter] (Latin), при́роден резерва́т (príroden rezervát) [masculine] (Macedonian), резерва́т (rezervát) [masculine] (Macedonian), rezerwat [masculine] (Polish), reserva [feminine] (Portuguese), запове́дник (zapovédnik) [masculine] (Russian), branjevina (Serbo-Croatian), zagrad (Serbo-Croatian), zabran (Serbo-Croatian), reserva [feminine] (Spanish), reserva natural [feminine] (Spanish), naturreservat [neuter] (Swedish), запові́дник (zapovídnyk) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-preserve-en-noun-6mSZUz29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 46 9 6 7 3 Disambiguation of 'nature preserve': 9 89 2
  3. An activity with restricted access. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (activity with restricted access): domaine réservé (French), domena [feminine] (Polish), coto [masculine] (Spanish), terreno [masculine] (Spanish), dominio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-preserve-en-noun-1HwOvcvs Disambiguation of 'activity with restricted access': 2 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præserve [archaic] Derived forms: natural preserve, shooting preserve Related terms: preserver

Verb

IPA: /pɹəˈzɜːv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹəˈzɝv/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-preserve.ogg [US] Forms: preserves [present, singular, third-person], preserving [participle, present], preserved [participle, past], preserved [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v Etymology: From Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin prēservāre (“keep, preserve”), from Late Latin praeservāre (“guard beforehand”), from prae (“before”, adverb) + servāre (“maintain, keep”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ser- (guard)}}, {{inh|en|enm|preserven}} Middle English preserven, {{der|en|fro|preserver}} Old French preserver, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{m|la|prēservāre||keep, preserve}} prēservāre (“keep, preserve”), {{der|en|LL.|-}} Late Latin, {{m|la|praeservāre||guard beforehand}} praeservāre (“guard beforehand”), {{affix|la|prae|servāre|nocat=1|pos1=adverb|t1=before|t2=maintain, keep}} prae (“before”, adverb) + servāre (“maintain, keep”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} preserve (third-person singular simple present preserves, present participle preserving, simple past and past participle preserved)
  1. To protect; to keep from harm or injury. Translations (to protect): حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa) (Arabic), պահպանել (pahpanel) (Armenian), qoruyub-saxlamaq (Azerbaijani), һаҡлау (haqlaw) (Bashkir), һаҡтау (haqlaw) (Bashkir), предпазвам (predpazvam) (Bulgarian), охранявам (ohranjavam) (Bulgarian), preservar (Catalan), chránit (Czech), bevare (Danish), beschermen (Dutch), säilitama (Estonian), säilyttää (Finnish), suojella (Finnish), suojata (Finnish), pitää (Finnish), turvata (Finnish), préserver (French), preservar (Galician), erhalten (German), bewahren (German), konsève (Haitian Creole), prezervar (Ido), konservar (Ido), caomhnaigh (Irish), coinnigh (Irish), preservare (Italian), proteggere (Italian), salvaguardare (Italian), គាំពារ (koam pie) (Khmer), អភិរក្ស (a’pʰi’reak) (Khmer), conservo (Latin), tueor (Latin), за́штити (záštiti) (Macedonian), preserbar (Mirandese), preservar (Occitan), ai̯băroi̯ (Polabian), zachować (Polish), preservar (Portuguese), proteja (Romanian), защища́ть (zaščiščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), защити́ть (zaščitítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), оберега́ть (oberegátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обере́чь (oberéčʹ) [perfective] (Russian), охраня́ть (oxranjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), охрани́ть (oxranítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), पाति (pāti) (Sanskrit), dìon (Scottish Gaelic), prisirvari (Sicilian), preservar (Spanish), bevara (Swedish), korumak (Turkish), muhafaza etmek (Turkish), захища́ти (zaxyščáty) (Ukrainian), оберіга́ти (oberiháty) (Ukrainian), охороня́ти (oxoronjáty) (Ukrainian), cadw (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-preserve-en-verb-ZcePws4B Disambiguation of 'to protect': 91 5 4
  2. To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage. Translations (to prepare food for storage): ταριχεύω (tarikheúō) (Ancient Greek), консервирам (konserviram) (Bulgarian), säilöä (Finnish), säilyttää (Finnish), conservare (Italian), за́чува (záčuva) (Macedonian), конзерви́ра (konzervíra) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-preserve-en-verb-EUgTwYBn Disambiguation of 'to prepare food for storage': 16 80 4
  3. To maintain throughout; to keep intact. Translations (to keep; to maintain the condition of): һаҡлау (haqlaw) (Bashkir), һаҡтау (haqlaw) (Bashkir), пазя (pazja) (Bulgarian), спазвам (spazvam) (Bulgarian), conservar (Catalan), uchovat (Czech), uchovávat (Czech), bewaren (Dutch), in stand houden (Dutch), pitää (Finnish), ylläpitää (Finnish), säilyttää (Finnish), conserver (French), bewahren (German), aufrechterhalten (German), konservar (Ido), leasaigh (Irish), preservare (Italian), រក្សា (reaksaa) (Khmer), tueor (Latin), за́чува (záčuva) (Macedonian), conservar (Portuguese), întreține (Romanian), сохраня́ть (soxranjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сохрани́ть (soxranítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), धरति (dharati) (Sanskrit), saill [food, lifestyle] (Scottish Gaelic), conservar (Spanish), devam ettirmek (Turkish), muhafaza etmek (Turkish), sürdürmek (Turkish), зберіга́ти (zberiháty) (Ukrainian), зберегти́ (zberehtý) (Ukrainian), bảo tồn (Vietnamese), cyffeithio [literary] (Welsh), preserfio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-preserve-en-verb-vdRb3H1i Disambiguation of 'to keep; to maintain the condition of': 38 2 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præserve [archaic] Derived forms: God preserve us, preserving glass, preserving pan

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "sweet spread",
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "sense": "sweet spread",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sweet spread",
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          "word": "konserverad frukt"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "sweet spread",
          "word": "reçel"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "varénnja",
          "sense": "sweet spread",
          "word": "варе́ння"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "sweet spread",
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          "ref": "1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque",
          "text": "Suppose Shakespeare had been knocked on the head some dark night in Sir Thomas Lucy's preserves, the world would have wagged on better or worse, the pitcher gone to the well, the scythe to the corn, and the student to his book; and no one been any the wiser of the loss.",
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          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
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          "word": "ҡурсаулыҡ"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "naturreservat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "word": "looduskaitseala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "word": "luonnonpuisto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "word": "luonnonsuojelualue"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "réserve naturelle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "reserva natural"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Naturschutzgebiet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Naturreservat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "word": "cagar alam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "word": "riserva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vīvārium"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "príroden rezervát",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "при́роден резерва́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "rezervát",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "резерва́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rezerwat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "reserva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zapovédnik",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "запове́дник"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "word": "branjevina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "word": "zagrad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "word": "zabran"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "reserva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "reserva natural"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "naturreservat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 89 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zapovídnyk",
          "sense": "nature preserve",
          "word": "запові́дник"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 86",
          "text": "No one can argue with that—neither the Army Commander nor Zhilinsky nor even the Grand Duke. That is the Emperor’s preserve. The Emperor says France must be saved. We can only do his bidding.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68",
          "text": "The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "An activity with restricted access."
      ],
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        [
          "activity",
          "activity"
        ],
        [
          "restricted",
          "restricted"
        ],
        [
          "access",
          "access"
        ]
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 96",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "activity with restricted access",
          "word": "domaine réservé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 96",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "activity with restricted access",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "domena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 96",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "activity with restricted access",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "coto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 96",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "activity with restricted access",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "terreno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 96",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "activity with restricted access",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dominio"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈzɜːv/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈzɝv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)v"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/En-us-preserve.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
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  ],
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      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "God preserve us"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "preserving glass"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "preserving pan"
    }
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      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "preserven"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English preserven",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "preserver"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French preserver",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "prēservāre",
        "3": "",
        "4": "keep, preserve"
      },
      "expansion": "prēservāre (“keep, preserve”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "praeservāre",
        "3": "",
        "4": "guard beforehand"
      },
      "expansion": "praeservāre (“guard beforehand”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "prae",
        "3": "servāre",
        "nocat": "1",
        "pos1": "adverb",
        "t1": "before",
        "t2": "maintain, keep"
      },
      "expansion": "prae (“before”, adverb) + servāre (“maintain, keep”)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin prēservāre (“keep, preserve”), from Late Latin praeservāre (“guard beforehand”), from prae (“before”, adverb) + servāre (“maintain, keep”).",
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      "form": "preserves",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "preserving",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "preserved",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "preserved",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Every people have the right to preserve its identity and culture.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To protect; to keep from harm or injury."
      ],
      "id": "en-preserve-en-verb-ZcePws4B",
      "links": [
        [
          "protect",
          "protect"
        ],
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥāfaẓa",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "حَافَظَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "pahpanel",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "պահպանել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "qoruyub-saxlamaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "haqlaw",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "һаҡлау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "haqlaw",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "һаҡтау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "predpazvam",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "предпазвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ohranjavam",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "охранявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "preservar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "chránit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "bevare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "beschermen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "säilitama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "säilyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "suojella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "suojata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "pitää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "turvata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "préserver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "preservar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "erhalten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "bewahren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "konsève"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "prezervar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "konservar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "caomhnaigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "coinnigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "preservare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "proteggere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "salvaguardare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "koam pie",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "គាំពារ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "a’pʰi’reak",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "អភិរក្ស"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "conservo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "tueor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "záštiti",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "за́штити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "mwl",
          "lang": "Mirandese",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "preserbar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "preservar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "pox",
          "lang": "Polabian",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "ai̯băroi̯"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "zachować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "preservar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "proteja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaščiščátʹ",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "защища́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaščitítʹ",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "защити́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oberegátʹ",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "оберега́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oberéčʹ",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "обере́чь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oxranjátʹ",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "охраня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oxranítʹ",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "охрани́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "pāti",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "पाति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "dìon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "prisirvari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "preservar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "bevara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "korumak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "muhafaza etmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zaxyščáty",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "захища́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "oberiháty",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "оберіга́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "oxoronjáty",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "охороня́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 5 4",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to protect",
          "word": "cadw"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to preserve peaches or grapes",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage."
      ],
      "id": "en-preserve-en-verb-EUgTwYBn",
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "16 80 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "konserviram",
          "sense": "to prepare food for storage",
          "word": "консервирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 80 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to prepare food for storage",
          "word": "säilöä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 80 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to prepare food for storage",
          "word": "säilyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 80 4",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "tarikheúō",
          "sense": "to prepare food for storage",
          "word": "ταριχεύω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 80 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to prepare food for storage",
          "word": "conservare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 80 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "záčuva",
          "sense": "to prepare food for storage",
          "word": "за́чува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 80 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "konzervíra",
          "sense": "to prepare food for storage",
          "word": "конзерви́ра"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to preserve appearances; to preserve silence",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To maintain throughout; to keep intact."
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        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "haqlaw",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "һаҡлау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "haqlaw",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "һаҡтау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pazja",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "пазя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "spazvam",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "спазвам"
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        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "conservar"
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          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "uchovat"
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        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "uchovávat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "bewaren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "in stand houden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "pitää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "ylläpitää"
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          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "säilyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "conserver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "bewahren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "aufrechterhalten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "konservar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "leasaigh"
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          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "preservare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "reaksaa",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "រក្សា"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "tueor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "záčuva",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "за́чува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
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          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "conservar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "întreține"
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        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "soxranjátʹ",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "сохраня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "soxranítʹ",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сохрани́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "dharati",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "धरति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
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            "food",
            "lifestyle"
          ],
          "word": "saill"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "conservar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "devam ettirmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "muhafaza etmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "sürdürmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zberiháty",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "зберіга́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zberehtý",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "зберегти́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "word": "bảo tồn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cyffeithio"
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          "_dis1": "38 2 60",
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
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        }
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/pɹəˈzɝv/",
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      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)v"
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      "word": "shooting preserve"
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          "word": "jelly"
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          "word": "marmalade"
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          "ref": "1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque",
          "text": "Suppose Shakespeare had been knocked on the head some dark night in Sir Thomas Lucy's preserves, the world would have wagged on better or worse, the pitcher gone to the well, the scythe to the corn, and the student to his book; and no one been any the wiser of the loss.",
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          "ref": "1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 86",
          "text": "No one can argue with that—neither the Army Commander nor Zhilinsky nor even the Grand Duke. That is the Emperor’s preserve. The Emperor says France must be saved. We can only do his bidding.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68",
          "text": "The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "An activity with restricted access."
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "murabban",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُرَبًّى"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "qaynatma",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "word": "ҡайнатма"
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      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "varenʹye",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "word": "варенье"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sladko",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сладко"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "word": "果醬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guǒjiàng",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "word": "果酱"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "word": "marmeladi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "word": "hillo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "confiture"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "conserve"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Konserve"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Eingemachtes"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "melímēlon",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μελίμηλον"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "confettura"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marmellata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jamu",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "word": "ジャム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "purezābu",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "word": "プレザーブ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jaem",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "word": "잼"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "slátko",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сла́тко"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przetwór"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "varénʹje",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "варе́нье"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сла̀тко̄"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "slatko"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mermelada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sylt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "marmelad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "konserverad frukt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "word": "reçel"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "varénnja",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "word": "варе́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sweet spread",
      "word": "mứt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "qursawlıq",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "word": "ҡурсаулыҡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rezervat",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "резерват"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reserva natural"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "naturreservat"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "word": "looduskaitseala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "word": "luonnonpuisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "word": "luonnonsuojelualue"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "réserve naturelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reserva natural"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Naturschutzgebiet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Naturreservat"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "word": "cagar alam"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "word": "riserva"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vīvārium"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "príroden rezervát",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "при́роден резерва́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rezervát",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "резерва́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rezerwat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reserva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapovédnik",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "запове́дник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "word": "branjevina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "word": "zagrad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "word": "zabran"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reserva"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "reserva natural"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "naturreservat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapovídnyk",
      "sense": "nature preserve",
      "word": "запові́дник"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "activity with restricted access",
      "word": "domaine réservé"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "activity with restricted access",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "domena"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "activity with restricted access",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "activity with restricted access",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terreno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "activity with restricted access",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dominio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "preserve"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ser- (guard)",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)v",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)v/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "God preserve us"
    },
    {
      "word": "preserving glass"
    },
    {
      "word": "preserving pan"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "preserven"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English preserven",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "preserver"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French preserver",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "prēservāre",
        "3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "prēservāre (“keep, preserve”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "praeservāre",
        "3": "",
        "4": "guard beforehand"
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "prae",
        "3": "servāre",
        "nocat": "1",
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        "t2": "maintain, keep"
      },
      "expansion": "prae (“before”, adverb) + servāre (“maintain, keep”)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
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      "form": "preserves",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "preserving",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "preserved",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "preserved",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Every people have the right to preserve its identity and culture.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To protect; to keep from harm or injury."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "protect",
          "protect"
        ],
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to preserve peaches or grapes",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to preserve appearances; to preserve silence",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To maintain throughout; to keep intact."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈzɜːv/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈzɝv/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)v"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-preserve.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/En-us-preserve.ogg/En-us-preserve.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/En-us-preserve.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "præserve"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥāfaẓa",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "حَافَظَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pahpanel",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "պահպանել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "qoruyub-saxlamaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "haqlaw",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "һаҡлау"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "haqlaw",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "һаҡтау"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predpazvam",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "предпазвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ohranjavam",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "охранявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "preservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "chránit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "bevare"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "beschermen"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "säilitama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "säilyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "suojella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "suojata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "pitää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "turvata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "préserver"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "preservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "erhalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "bewahren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "konsève"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "prezervar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "konservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "caomhnaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "coinnigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "preservare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "proteggere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "salvaguardare"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "koam pie",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "គាំពារ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "a’pʰi’reak",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "អភិរក្ស"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "conservo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "tueor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "záštiti",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "за́штити"
    },
    {
      "code": "mwl",
      "lang": "Mirandese",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "preserbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "preservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pox",
      "lang": "Polabian",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "ai̯băroi̯"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "zachować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "preservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "proteja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaščiščátʹ",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "защища́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaščitítʹ",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "защити́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oberegátʹ",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "оберега́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oberéčʹ",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обере́чь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oxranjátʹ",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "охраня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oxranítʹ",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "охрани́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "pāti",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "पाति"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "dìon"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "prisirvari"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "preservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "bevara"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "korumak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "muhafaza etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaxyščáty",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "захища́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oberiháty",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "оберіга́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oxoronjáty",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "охороня́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to protect",
      "word": "cadw"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "konserviram",
      "sense": "to prepare food for storage",
      "word": "консервирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to prepare food for storage",
      "word": "säilöä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to prepare food for storage",
      "word": "säilyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "tarikheúō",
      "sense": "to prepare food for storage",
      "word": "ταριχεύω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to prepare food for storage",
      "word": "conservare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "záčuva",
      "sense": "to prepare food for storage",
      "word": "за́чува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "konzervíra",
      "sense": "to prepare food for storage",
      "word": "конзерви́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "haqlaw",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "һаҡлау"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "haqlaw",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "һаҡтау"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pazja",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "пазя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spazvam",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "спазвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "conservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "uchovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "uchovávat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "bewaren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "in stand houden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "pitää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "ylläpitää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "säilyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "conserver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "bewahren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "aufrechterhalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "konservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "leasaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "preservare"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "reaksaa",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "រក្សា"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "tueor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "záčuva",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "за́чува"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "conservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "întreține"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soxranjátʹ",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сохраня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soxranítʹ",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сохрани́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "dharati",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "धरति"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "topics": [
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "saill"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "conservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "devam ettirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "muhafaza etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "sürdürmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zberiháty",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "зберіга́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zberehtý",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "зберегти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "bảo tồn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "cyffeithio"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to keep; to maintain the condition of",
      "word": "preserfio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "preserve"
}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": haqtaw vs. haqlaw",
  "path": [
    "preserve"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "preserve",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": haqtaw vs. haqlaw",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "preserve",
  "trace": ""
}

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