I.
noun ( AmE ) ⇨ See also ↑ reserve
ADJECTIVE
▪ forest , nature , wilderness , wildlife
▪
This land is protected as a wildlife ~.
▪ game , hunting
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
She decided to go for a walk in the forest ~.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ carefully , faithfully , lovingly
▪
She carefully ~d all his letters.
▪ perfectly
▪
The style of the original film is ~d perfectly.
VERB + PRESERVE
▪ seek to , try to
▪ be anxious to , want to , wish to
▪
We were anxious to ~ the original character of the house.
▪ help (to)
▪
We need to take action to help ~ fish stocks.
▪ fight to
▪
campaigners fighting to ~ a historic building
▪ be designed to , be intended to
▪
The Act contained provisions designed to ~ the status quo.
▪ be important to
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
The prison is ~d as a tourist attraction.
▪ for
▪
The collection has been sold to the British Museum where it will be ~d for the nation.
▪ from
▪
an attempt to ~ the corpse from decomposition
PHRASES
▪ an attempt to ~ sth
▪ beautifully, exquisitely, well, wonderfully, etc. ~d
▪
They were thrilled to discover a beautifully ~d specimen of Roman pottery.
▪ be ~d intact
▪
The bones had all been ~d intact.
▪ be worth preserving
▪
You need to say why the building is worth preserving.
▪ poorly ~d
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The iron coins are poorly ~d and have rusted.
Preserve is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ anonymity , ↑ appearance , ↑ autonomy , ↑ balance , ↑ beauty , ↑ character , ↑ confidentiality , ↑ countryside , ↑ culture , ↑ custom , ↑ dignity , ↑ diversity , ↑ environment , ↑ essence , ↑ freedom , ↑ habitat , ↑ harmony , ↑ heritage , ↑ honour , ↑ identity , ↑ illusion , ↑ impartiality , ↑ independence , ↑ institution , ↑ integrity , ↑ landscape , ↑ legacy , ↑ liberty , ↑ link , ↑ memory , ↑ modesty , ↑ monopoly , ↑ monument , ↑ neutrality , ↑ order , ↑ peace , ↑ prerogative , ↑ privacy , ↑ purity , ↑ rating , ↑ relic , ↑ remains , ↑ republic , ↑ reputation , ↑ right , ↑ sanity , ↑ semblance , ↑ skeleton , ↑ stability , ↑ status quo , ↑ tradition , ↑ unity , ↑ value , ↑ viability , ↑ wilderness , ↑ wildlife