reserve1 verbreserve2 noun
reservere‧serve1 /rɪˈzɜːv $ -ɜːrv/ ●●● W3 verb [transitive] 
1to arrange for a place in a hotel, restaurant, plane etc to be kept for you to use at a particular time in the futurereserve something for somebody/something
I’d like to reserve a table for two. Do you have to reserve tickets in advance?2to keep something so that it can be used by a particular person or for a particular purpose SYN set asidereserve something for somebody/something A separate room is reserved for smokers. reserved parking spaces3especially written to keep part of something for use at a later time during a process – used especially when describing how to cook something SYN keep, save: Reserve a little of the mixture to sprinkle over the top of the pie.4to use or show something only in one particular situationreserve something for somebody/something She spoke in a tone of voice she usually reserved for dealing with officials.5reserve the right to do something formal if you reserve the right to do something, you will do it if you think it is necessary – used especially in notices or official documents: The management reserves the right to refuse admission.6reserve (your) judgment (on something) spoken to not give your opinion about something until a later time when you have more informationreserve1 verbreserve2 noun
reservereserve2 ●●○ noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Later, Darcy drops his reserve and confesses that he loves her.
- The country has foreign currency reserves of $83 billion.
- They sold half the wood and kept the rest in reserve for winter.
- We had to rely on our emergency reserve of food while we were snowed in.
- As well as its own peat-cutting operations, the company is also encouraging local farmers to use mechanical excavators to exploit their own reserves.
- Basic banks are obliged to maintain certain reserves, which consist of cash in hand and deposits at the National Bank.
- I wanted to reach into my inner reserve and call up the power to heal.
- In March 1971 central banks agreed to freeze the deposit of reserves on the Euromarkets.
- Remove with slotted spoon and reserve in a small bowl.
- The Victorian era comes down to us today mired in images of distance and reserve.
- These are both very liquid and interest-earning assets and thus provide a valuable second line of reserves.
- They decided to launch an as-sault after the bombardment, with my platoon in reserve.
Longman Language Activatoran amount of something that you have available to use
· More donors are needed as blood supplies run low.supply of · The supermarket donated a year's supply of groceries to one needy family.
an amount of something that you keep and can use when you need to: · The government has said it has no need for chemical weapons and will destroy its stocks entirely.stock of: · Jodie always had a large stock of brandy in her cupboard.
an amount of money, goods etc that a country or organization has available to be used if they are needed: · The government has exhausted almost all its foreign currency reserves.reserves of: · Kuwait has large reserves of oil.
an amount or number of workers, cars, money etc that can be shared or used by a number of people: · Most countries have a pool of surplus labour.· There is a much smaller pool of houses to rent than there used to be.
things of the same type that you store a large quantity of something that you keep, and that you replace regularly because you use it often: · Food supplies in the camp were already running out.supply of: · The hospital keeps a large supply of blood for use in emergencies.· First prize was a year's supply of baby food.
the amount of a particular product that a shop keeps to be sold: · Buy now while stocks last!stock of: · Someone came in half an hour ago and bought up our entire stock of Italian wine.· The new video store has a huge stock of movies to rent.
something such as money, food, or water that you keep because you might need it in the future: · The country has foreign currency reserves of $83 billion.reserve of: · We had to rely on our emergency reserve of food while we were snowed in.keep/hold something in reserve: · They sold half the wood and kept the rest in reserve for winter.
things, especially illegal drugs or weapons, that are kept hidden because they are illegal or secret: · The drug cache that the men were found in possession of was worth roughly $1 million.cache of: · Police have found a cache of automatic weapons in a house in the city centre.
a large number of things of the same type that someone keeps secretly, so that they can use them if they need them - use this when you think the person who keeps these things worries too much about keeping things for the future: hoard of: · I kept my own secret hoard of chocolate cookies in a big tin under the sink.
to save something to use later to keep something and not use it now, so that you can use it later when you want it or need it: · Save some of the cheese to sprinkle on top of the sauce.· We can use half the wood now but we ought to keep the rest -- we might need it.save/keep something for something: · He took out his last cigarette, which he'd been saving for just this moment.save/keep something for somebody: · We'd have kept some food for you if we'd known you were coming.save/keep something for later: · I'll keep some of these magazines for later, and read them on the plane.save something for a rainy day (=save something to use at a time when you really need it): · Would you like some Scotch? I have a bottle somewhere that I've been saving for a rainy day.
to save part of something, so that if the part that you are using is not good enough, large enough etc, you will have more to use: · Luckily I had kept some wine in reserve, in case the rest got finished quickly.keep sth in reserve for: · It's a good idea to keep a little money in reserve for those unexpected emergencies.
to not use or give away all of something, so that you still have some of it left for yourself or for another purpose: keep something back: · Keep a small amount of icing back for the other cake.keep back something: · Most farmers are able to keep back enough of their crop for their own use.
: conserve resources/energy/materials etc to use something very carefully so that you will have enough for the future: · Recycling helps conserve natural and often limited resources.· As a way of conserving water, people were not allowed to use hosepipes or wash their cars.
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nounoffensive, adjectiveoffside, adjectiveOlympiad, nounOlympic, adjectiveOlympic Games, the, onside, adjectiveopener, nounopponent, nounout, adverbout, nounoutdistance, verboutsider, nounoverarm, adjectiveoverhand, adjectiveown goal, nounpacesetter, nounpass, verbpass, nounPE, nounpenalty, nounpep rally, nounperiod, nounphoto finish, nounphysical education, nounpitch, nounplace kick, nounplayable, adjectiveplay-by-play, nounplayer, nounplaying field, nounplay-off, nounpoint, nounpole, verbposition, nounpossession, nounpost, nounpreliminary, nounpro-am, nounprofessionalism, nounpromote, verbpromotion, nounPT, nounpull, verbpull-up, nounpummel, verbpunchbag, nounqualifier, nounqualify, verbquarter-final, nounrace, verbracetrack, nounracing, adjectiveracket, nounrain check, nounrally, nounrecord, nounrecord-holder, nounrecreation ground, nounref, nounreferee, nounreferee, verbregatta, nounrelay, nounrelay race, nounrelegate, verbreplay, verbreplay, nounrerun, verbreserve, nounretire, 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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY We always keep some money in reserve, just in case. She overcame her own natural reserve. a wildlife reserveCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
We always keep some money in reserve, just in case. She overcame her own natural reserve. a wildlife reserve formal (=an amount of spare money that you have available to use)· Experts always advise people to build up a cash reserve.
(=a supply of gas kept to be used when it is needed)· Norway has far greater gas reserves than the UK.
(=not decide your opinion before you have all the facts)· Why don't you reserve judgment until you have finished the book?
· You can book seats online.
(=in a restaurant)· I've booked a table for four at a local restaurant.
· We booked our tickets well in advance.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Better technology should help both to recover more gas from existing reserves and also to make new areas accessible.· The business plan's solution is to transfer existing reserves set against pre-1986 liabilities into a central pot.· Mr Rowland reckons existing reserves for pre-1986 liabilities may total £4 billion-5 billion.· This may come from existing reserves, bank facilities, a rights issue or a cash underwritten alternative.
· By mid-1989 foreign exchange reserves were estimated to be sufficient to cover only two months of imports.· For, in a decade in which internal debt has grown, foreign reserves have fallen.· Billions of pounds have been wiped off share values and removed from foreign exchange reserves this week.· Global surpluses can likewise be meaningless to the dozens of poor nations that have overwhelming demands placed on slim foreign exchange reserves.· Government figures indicated that total foreign exchange reserves stood at only US$14,750,000.· Growth this year is estimated at 4 %, and exports and foreign currency reserves are up.· Inflation and unemployment are up; foreign reserves, fuel supplies and political trust are down.
· The Soviet Union's gold reserves were named as support.· So the insufficiency of gold reserves resulted from higher volume of trade, not higher prices.
· These statements must be treated with great reserve.· The coal and petroleum are the great reserves of fossil fuels that we have relied on to power our industrial societies.· When that goes, he hasn't great reserves of fitness with which to compensate.· Dulles held that the United States should counter that strategy by maintaining a great strategic reserve in the United States.· It has large reserves and is now backed by the great reserves of Hong Kong.· Our family always was known for its great reserve.· First of all, of course, great reserves of strength and stamina.· Still, Lawrence delivers the entire program with great reserves of power and an extraordinary sense of legato.
· The latter are all part of large conglomerates with large reserves which can be employed to see the industry through the recession.· Sunnyvale was starting with large reserves, and its total budget was only $ 125 million.· It has large reserves and is now backed by the great reserves of Hong Kong.· Some units will be maintained at full strength; others will rely on large numbers of reserves.· In fact, there are indications that the Louisiana leg may contain larger reserves than the western leg in Texas.· Effective deployment of the larger reserves which this system made available required intricate staff work.
· The 325-acre fen, headwaters of the Waveney river, will be designated a national nature reserve.· The drought has already set one project, a national food reserve, back by at least a year.· Of seven national reserves, four are suffering continual damage: 1.· The southern tip is designated as a national nature reserve.
· It said it will use the net proceeds to acquire long-life natural gas reserves and exploit development opportunities.· He had an innocent manner about him too, and he had made her feel at ease despite her natural reserve.· His uncertainty with strangers is nothing like Juanita's, more the island child's natural reserve.· Kumana is a natural water reserve.
· Therefore, managed floating does not have the advantage of making redundant the holding of official reserves.· Sixty percent of official reserves and 50 percent of private reserves are currently held in dollars.· Figures showing a fall last month in official reserves did not dent market sentiment.· In the 1950s about three-fifths of total gold production found its way into official reserves.· The official reserve itself is also vulnerable to changes in exchange rate, which compounds the problem of ensuring adequate reserves.
· The equivalent statistical probabilities for the proven component of proven and probable reserves are 90 percent and 10 percent respectively.· The company said proven reserves were worth Ir20p per share.
NOUN· Experts' advice Investment: Build up a cash reserve and then use both Isa allowances to invest in equities.· That could be problematic for the bull market, with fund managers' cash reserves already at 20-year lows.· On the other hand, cash reserves do not earn any return for the bank.· State auditors and financial experts have criticized the school district for having low cash reserves.· Whatever your aims, building up a cash reserve for the future always makes sense.· As explained above, the commercial banks' cash reserves are reduced so that they may recall their loans from the discount houses.· Gold and cash reserves fell by around £2 billion as a result of the sterling crisis.
· But even as the country's gold and currency reserves continued to drain away, worse was to come.· Danzig's already depleted currency reserves dropped steadily.· Growth this year is estimated at 4 %, and exports and foreign currency reserves are up.· Foreign currency reserves had plunged to some US$2,300 million in early March, barely enough to cover three weeks' imports.
· By mid-1989 foreign exchange reserves were estimated to be sufficient to cover only two months of imports.· Global surpluses can likewise be meaningless to the dozens of poor nations that have overwhelming demands placed on slim foreign exchange reserves.· Billions of pounds have been wiped off share values and removed from foreign exchange reserves this week.· In February 1994 it had $ 30 billion in exchange reserves.· Government figures indicated that total foreign exchange reserves stood at only US$14,750,000.· According to the first figures available, it is estimated that the national bank's exchange reserves equal a month's imports.
· The Caspian basin, which is rich in oil and gas reserves, is central to his new foreign policy doctrine.· It said it will use the net proceeds to acquire long-life natural gas reserves and exploit development opportunities.· Chesapeake believes there are substantial oil and gas reserves in this eastern leg of the geological formation known as the Austin chalk.
· Julie was cut down beneath a nearby tree on the beautiful nature reserve 220 miles north of Durban.· Care would be taken not to harm the environment in the nature reserve there, which was designated a world heritage area.· It is a nature reserve, with not a single permanent human inhabitant.· There are about 150,000 acres of natural space left, but only 50,000 acres are protected by a nature reserve.· Also with us was Jim McGeoch, naturalist and official warden for the latter nature reserve.· The area is now a nature reserve.· The local borough has proposed that the wood should be declared a local nature reserve.
· Known oil reserves are enough to last for 40 years, natural gas for over 65 years and coal for 250 years.· Many other countries of the world that are deficient in oil reserves have coal and natural gas.· As oil reserves are depleted, its price will continue to rise.· But as oil reserves dwindled over the past decade, local school property taxes doubled to help make up the difference.· Two-thirds of the worlds oil reserves still sleep quietly beneath the soil of Mecca.· Estimates of world oil reserves have increased steadily since the 1970s, more than doubling by some calculations.
· The impressive wildlife reserve of the Algonquin Provincial Park is a stunning array of native animals in the wild.· Many wildlife reserves and parks are too dangerous for park rangers, let alone tourists.
VERB· Experts' advice Investment: Build up a cash reserve and then use both Isa allowances to invest in equities.· On mild autumn days, pond fish will be feeding enthusiastically, building up their fat reserves.
· Certainly he wasted no time in calling up his reserves.· They, too, had needed to call on reserves of willpower and self-discipline.· This calls for immense reserves of patience and tact.· But Jackson soon had to call up his reserves.
· The center already has dipped into its reserves and anticipates borrowing heavily from the city.
· Many counties had drawn on their reserves to keep rate increases down in their own election year of 1989.· As a team we had barely begun to draw upon our reserves of mutual tolerance and respect.
· Drilling will establish whether reserves of 1m ounces can be increased.· Another condition requires Harvard to establish a reserve account to make sure that the insurer can pay outstanding medical bills.
· Mr Mayo estimates that loan loss reserves will have to be increased by a third, assuming an economic soft landing.· In March 1988 Glencar announced that it had found deposits of gold, estimating the reserves at £300 million.
· Today, however, the Sun must be wishing that it had held that headline in reserve.· Elements of mechanized battalions were held in reserve, kind of like the cavalry.· It chose not to register that profit on the balance sheet and hold the earnings in reserve for future years.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the reserve
1supply [countable usually plural] a supply of something kept to be used if it is needed: - We always keep some money in reserve, just in case.
- Anyway, is there a vacancy in the reserves midfield for a player of Gascoigne's quality!!
- For the rest of the decade the reserves never fell below third place, and were champions a further five times.
- I've played the last three or four games for the reserves, which we've won.
- In March 1988 Glencar announced that it had found deposits of gold, estimating the reserves at £300 million.
- It would be interesting to know whether the same criteria were used in the restructuring of the reserves.
- Much oxygen had been lost, but the reserves were still ample to sustain a single man.
- Reality overtakes it and it hasn't the reserves to claw back.
- Training has been all but curtailed; the reserves have not been trained since 1993, he said.
$10 million in cash reserves oil reservesreserve of Somehow Debbie maintained an inner reserve of strength.2in reserve ready to be used if needed: We always keep some money in reserve, just in case.3personal quality [uncountable] a quality in someone’s character that makes them not like expressing their emotions or talking about their problems: She overcame her own natural reserve.4player [countable] an extra player who plays in a team if one of the other players is injured or ill5team the reserves British English a team that plays when the usual team cannot do so6military the reserve (also the reserves) an extra military force that a country has in addition to its usual army, navy etc which can be used if needed7for animals/plants [countable] British English an area of land where wild animals and plants are protected SYN reservation, preserve American English: a wildlife reserve → nature reserve8for native americans [countable] a reservation9price [countable] (also reserve price) a price below which something will not be sold, especially in an auction