reserve

[Re*serve·]

As a noun, reserve refers to the quality of a shy or modest person who doesn’t easily express his or her feelings. As a verb, to reserve is to stash something away or to set it aside for future use.

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To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

Noun
the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

Noun
formality and propriety of manner

Noun
armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency

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a district that is reserved for particular purpose

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an athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out

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Noun
something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

Noun
(medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions

Verb
give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"

Verb
obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim''s"

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hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency; "they held back their applause in anticipation"

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arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim''s"

v. t.
To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

v. t.
Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain.

v. t.
To make an exception of; to except.

n.
The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation.

n.
That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.

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That which is excepted; exception.

n.
Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.

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A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.

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A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.

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Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities.

Reserve

Re*serve" (r?-z?rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reserved. (zrvd");p. pr. & vb. n. Reserving.] [F. r'82server, L. reservare, reservatum; pref. re- re- + servare to keep. See Serve.] 1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen. xxvii. 35.

Hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble?

Reserve your kind looks and language for private hours.

3. To make an exception of; to except. [R.]

Reserve

Re*serve", n. [F. r'82serve.] 1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation.

However any one may concur in the general scheme, it is still with certain reserves and deviations.

2. That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.

The virgins, besides the oil in their lamps, carried likewise a reserve in some other vessel for a continual supply.

3. That which is excepted; exception.

Each has some darling lust, which pleads for a reserve.

4. Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.

My soul, surprised, and from her sex disjoined, Left all reserve, and all the sex, behind.

The clergyman's shy and sensitive reserve had balked this scheme.

5. A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy. 6. (Mil.) A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency. 7. (Banking) Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities. In reserve, in keeping for other or future use; in store; as, he has large quantities of wheat in reserve; he has evidence or arguments in reserve. -- Reserve air. (Physiol.) Same as Supplemental air, under Supplemental. Syn. -- Reservation; retention; limitation; backwardness; reservedness; coldness; restraint; shyness; coyness; modesty.

To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose.

The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation.

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Usage Examples

Our worldly successes cannot be guaranteed, but our ability to achieve spiritual success is entirely up to us, thanks to the grace of God. The best advice I know is to give is to give those worldly things your best but never your all - reserve the ultimate hope for the only one who can grant it.

If there's one thing I really want for my birthday, that is for the mining company not to mine my daddy's reserve.

I am artistic so I reserve the right to change my mind at any point. I just like to do different things. What is more important than the name is that people know that I really like acting, I enjoy it and I want people to know that I am serious.

I'm still shy - I'm no good at my children's parent-teacher conferences, and I'm slowly learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. There's nothing that I'm too scared to have a go at.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

Faith is the black person's federal reserve system.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Spending time at the Federal Reserve was a good learning opportunity for me. It helped me to understand economic philosophies and polices that I had not previously known about.

After the United States entered the war, I joined the Naval Reserve and spent ninety days in a Columbia University dormitory learning to be a naval officer.

Mankind will never win lasting peace so long as men use their full resources only in tasks of war. While we are yet at peace, let us mobilize the potentialities, particularly the moral and spiritual potentialities, which we usually reserve for war.

Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.

I couldn't be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, because I can finally put an end to all those who questioned my motives for enlisting in the Army Reserve at the height of the Vietnam War.

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.