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Reserve   /rɪzˈərv/  /rizˈərv/   Listen
Reserve

noun
1.
Formality and propriety of manner.  Synonym: modesty.
2.
Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose.  Synonyms: backlog, stockpile.
3.
An athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced.  Synonyms: second-stringer, substitute.
4.
(medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions.
5.
A district that is reserved for particular purpose.  Synonym: reservation.
6.
Armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency.  Synonym: military reserve.
7.
The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary.  Synonyms: reticence, taciturnity.
verb
(past & past part. reserved; pres. part. reserving)
1.
Hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency.
2.
Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause.  Synonyms: allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside.  "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
3.
Obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance.
4.
Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance.  Synonyms: book, hold.  "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family" , "Please hold a table at Maxim's"



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"Reserve" Quotes from Famous Books



... somewhat smaller majority in favor of making it compulsory. A similar vote among the students showed 1,040 for the plan and 932 against it. In March, 1916, the Regents took favorable action on the project, though the course was not compulsory. Several military companies and a naval reserve unit were organized immediately, and the students were encouraged to attend the summer camps at ...
— The University of Michigan • Wilfred Shaw
... Navy (includes Marines), Air Force, Coastal Patrol and Defense Command, Armed Forces Reserve ...
— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... called after me to know where I was going; I said, out with young Beauchamp, not caring to meet his opposition; and the lie told against me at the inquest. When I reached Hallijohn's, going the back way along the fields, and through the wood-path, as I generally did go, Afy came out, all reserve, as she could be at times, and said she was unable to receive me then, that I must go back home. We had a few words about it, and as we were speaking, Locksley passed, and saw me with the gun in my hand; but it ended in my giving way. She could do just what she ...
— East Lynne • Mrs. Henry Wood
... apprised his niece of his intention, and he saw a few rays of hope glisten across her tears. It had not seemed to the young girl that her lover's death might be doubtful; but scarcely had this new hope entered her heart, than she embraced it without reserve. ...
— A Winter Amid the Ice - and Other Thrilling Stories • Jules Verne
... militia were not engaged in the battle. True; neither was the reserve of eleven thousand men, under General French, at Frederick and elsewhere. Yet who would withhold from these veterans the honor of having been participators in the great struggle? They had their part to play—not so direct, nor conspicuous, nor important a ...
— Our campaign around Gettysburg • John Lockwood


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