reservation

«reservation» in Mova's school dictionary: an arrangement to keep a table, seat, room or ticket for… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a reservation, reservations)

meaning for a pupil

1) A reservation is an arrangement to keep a table, seat, room or ticket for you, a booking. tree →

2) A reservation is a doubt you have about something. tree →

3) A reservation (in the USA and Canada) is land kept for Native American peoples. tree →

4) (UK) The central reservation is the strip in the middle of a motorway. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life you make a reservation at a restaurant or hotel; in history lessons reservations were land given to Native Americans; in opinion writing «reservations» means doubts. Phrases: make a reservation, without reservation, have reservations about.

examples

• Dad made a reservation for dinner. tree →
• We have a reservation for four at seven o'clock. tree →
• I have reservations about this plan. tree →
• Many Native Americans live on reservations. tree →
• The car hit the central reservation. tree →
• She agreed without reservation. tree →

note

Countable. From «reserve». In the USA and Canada «reservation» is also called «reserve» (Canada). «Without reservation» means completely.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «reservation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.