"reserve" meaning in All languages combined

See reserve on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /rɪˈzɝv/ [US], /rɪˈzɜːv/ [UK] Audio: en-us-reserve.ogg [US] Forms: reserve [singular], reserves [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Reserves are extra amounts of something that are for the future.
    Sense id: simple-reserve-en-noun-g2WVkmdj
  2. Reserve is a feeling of holding back, controlling yourself, and not being very friendly.
    Sense id: simple-reserve-en-noun-USlRqyJM
  3. Reserves are extra players on a team, or fighters in an army in case somebody is hurt or needs a rest.
    Sense id: simple-reserve-en-noun-yaf6UhAH
  4. A reserve is an area of land or water that is protected from humans.
    Sense id: simple-reserve-en-noun-VEvmniAb
  5. A reserve (or reservation) is an area of land that belongs to a group of indigenous people, such as a First Nations group in Canada.
    Sense id: simple-reserve-en-noun-YWdcxr92

Verb [English]

IPA: /rɪˈzɝv/ [US], /rɪˈzɜːv/ [UK] Audio: en-us-reserve.ogg [US] Forms: reserve [canonical], reserves [third-person, singular], reserved [past], reserved [past, participle], reserving [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|reserv|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you reserve a room, a table, seat etc. you arrange for it to be kept for you, usually for a particular date and time.
    Sense id: simple-reserve-en-verb-tDphT~cD
  2. When you're cooking, if you reserve something, you put it aside to use later.
    Sense id: simple-reserve-en-verb-6aW0mlAQ
  3. If you reserve something for a particular situation, you usually don't use it except in that situation.
    Sense id: simple-reserve-en-verb-9iaSGjoC
  4. If you reserve the right to do something, you let people know that these are your legal rights and you may use or defend them.
    Sense id: simple-reserve-en-verb-dCvdPDWj
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          "text": "This program is copyrighted © 2008 by CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved."
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          "text": "These lands (such as national parks and nature reserves) supply cities with clean drinking water."
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        },
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