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Type Words
Synonyms allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside
Type of assign, portion, allot
Type Words
Synonyms backlog, stockpile
Type of accumulation
Has types bank, reserve account, fuel level, reserve fund
Type Words
Synonyms reservation
Type of territorial division, administrative district, administrative division
Has types indian reservation, preserve
Type Words
Synonyms reticence, taciturnity
Type of uncommunicativeness
Type Words
Synonyms military reserve
Type of military machine, armed forces, armed services, war machine, military
Derivation reservist
Type Words
Synonyms second-stringer, substitute
Type of athlete, jock
Has types bench warmer, pinch hitter
Type Words
Synonyms modesty
Type of properness, correctitude, propriety
Has types demureness
Type Words
Synonyms book, hold
Type of bespeak, request, quest, ask for, call for
Has types hold open, keep open, save, keep
Derivation reservation


reserve me a seat on a flight.
Type Words
Type of withhold, keep back
Has types devote
Derivation reservation
Type Words
Type of indefinite quantity
Has types pulmonary reserve
Type Words
Type of ask for, request, call for, quest, bespeak
Has types book up
Verb group book, hold
Derivation reservation


We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's.

Examples of reserve

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Among those ideas were more frequent rate adjustments and a bigger reserve fund.
From the thenewstribune.com
Reserve your judgment about the place until you've spent just a day or two here.
From the news-journalonline.com
Shaquille O'Neal was just sworn in as a Worcester County deputy reserve sheriff.
From the omaha.com
Last year's backup point Crystal Riley seems to help the team most as a reserve.
From the kentucky.com
This build-up of cognitive reserve appears to help bilingual people as they age.
From the online.wsj.com
We reserve the right to refuse the whole or part of any wager at our discretion.
From the mearcade.metro.co.uk
In Norwalk, the district avoided a property tax increase by using reserve funds.
From the desmoinesregister.com
We issue the world's reserve currency, which minimizes our currency market risk.
From the cnn.com
Admission is free, and you can reserve your space with the purchase of the book.
From the ocregister.com
More examples
  • Hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency; "they held back their applause in anticipation"
  • Modesty: formality and propriety of manner
  • Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
  • Allow: give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
  • Obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's"
  • Substitute: an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
  • In financial accounting, the term reserve is most commonly used to describe any part of shareholders' equity, except for basic share capital. ...
  • The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation; exception; That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use; A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited; Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior; A tract of land reserved, ...
  • (reserves) Plural reserve