reserve

«reserve» in Mova's school dictionary: To ask for something, like a table or a seat, to be kept… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (reserve, reserves, reserved, reserving); noun (a reserve, reserves)

meaning for a pupil

1) To ask for something, like a table or a seat, to be kept for you: "We reserved a table." tree →

2) To keep something for later or for a special use. tree →

3) As a noun, an extra amount kept in case it is needed. tree →

4) A protected area of land for wild animals and plants: "a nature reserve". tree →

5) In sport, a player who waits to come on if needed. tree →

6) Reserve can also mean a quiet, careful way of not showing your feelings or talking much. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life families reserve tables, tickets or campsites. In science and geography, nature reserves protect wildlife. In sport a reserve player sits on the bench. In maths and money, a reserve is an amount kept back. Phrases: nature reserve, in reserve, reserve a seat, reserved seat.

examples

• We reserved a table at the restaurant. tree →
• These seats are reserved for older people. tree →
• We saw otters at the nature reserve. tree →
• He was a reserve for the football match. tree →
• Keep some water in reserve for the walk home. tree →
• Can I reserve the book at the library? tree →
• The camel's hump stores a reserve of fat. tree →
• "He weren't zackly drowndid, honey," replied the old man, With an air of cautious reserve. tree →

note

Regular verb: reserve, reserved. The noun is also "reservation" for a booking. "Reserved" can also mean quiet and shy about showing feelings. In the USA, "reservation" is also land set aside for Native American nations. In maths: if you keep 5 of 20 sweets in reserve, you can use 15 now.

In the corpora

• Marmots almost vanished when most steppe was ploughed and came back in reserves in the Luhansk and Kharkiv regions.
• Nature reserves and national parks protect wild plants and animals.
• That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led forth to the day of wrath?
• Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

Trees and pragmatics

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