PRESERVE


Meaning of PRESERVE in English

(~s, preserving, ~d)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you ~ a situation or condition, you make sure that it remains as it is, and does not change or end.

We will do everything to ~ peace.

...an effort to fit in more students while preserving standards.

= maintain

VERB: V n, V n

preservation

...the preservation of the status quo.

= maintenance

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If you ~ something, you take action to save it or protect it from damage or decay.

We need to ~ the forest...

...perfectly ~d medieval houses.

VERB: V n, V-ed

preservation

...the preservation of buildings of architectural or historic interest.

N-UNCOUNT

3.

If you ~ food, you treat it in order to prevent it from decaying so that you can store it for a long time.

I like to make puree, using only enough sugar to ~ the plums.

...~d ginger in syrup.

VERB: V n, V-ed

4.

Preserves are foods such as jam that are made by cooking fruit with a large amount of sugar so that they can be stored for a long time.

N-PLURAL

5.

If you say that a job or activity is the ~ of a particular person or group of people, you mean that they are the only ones who take part in it.

The conduct of foreign policy is largely the ~ of the president...

N-COUNT: usu N of n

6.

A nature ~ is an area of land or water where animals are protected from hunters. (AM)

...Pantanal, one of the world’s great wildlife ~s.

= reserve

N-COUNT: usu supp N

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