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How to pronounce preservation in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms conservation
Type of advance, betterment, improvement
Type Words
Synonyms saving
Type of protection
Has types immobilization, conservation, environmentalism, immobilisation, reservation, self-preservation
Derivation preserve
Type Words
Type of biological process, organic process
Has types fixing, infrigidation, fixation, embalmment, refrigeration, plastination
Type Words
Type of condition, status
Derivation preserve

Examples of preservation

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This in turn encourages the preservation of agricultural and horticultural land.
From the nznewsuk.co.uk
This all contributes towards the longer-term preservation of the jewelled gecko.
From the odt.co.nz
The first preservation technique we tried some 9,000 years ago was fermentation.
From the guardian.co.uk
Brian also crippled himself, but there was never a thought of self-preservation.
From the telegraph.co.uk
All the profit made we can donate to a preservation organisation of your choice.
From the independent.co.uk
The system is mucked-up with too much partisanship, self-preservation and money.
From the economist.com
I guess you Laguna Beach hippies just don't care about history and preservation.
From the ocregister.com
He backed farmland preservation and sprawl control, albeit with limited success.
From the delawareonline.com
Long-term economic growth stimulus of human capital preservation in the elderly.
From the sciencedaily.com
More examples
  • The activity of protecting something from loss or danger
  • The condition of being (well or ill) preserved
  • A process that saves organic substances from decay
  • Conservation: an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
  • (preserve) a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone; "medicine is no longer a male preserve"
  • (preserve) continue: keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
  • Preservation is a branch of library and information science concerned with maintaining or restoring access to artifacts, documents and records through the study, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of decay and damage.
  • Preservation, the magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, launched in 1952 as Historic Preservation. By 1998, the magazine won a National Magazine Award for General Excellence under Robert S. Wilson, editor in chief. ...
  • The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill