🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Reserve

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁeˈzɛʁvə

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reserve/rɪˈzɜrv/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Er hat eine Reserve an Lebensmitteln für den Winter."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A supply of a commodity not needed for immediate use but available if required.

    "The company has a reserve of funds to handle unexpected expenses."
As verb
  1. 1

    To keep something for a particular purpose or time.

    "I would like to reserve a table for two at the restaurant."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'reserve' originates from the Latin 'reservare', meaning 'to keep back'. It evolved through Old French 'reserver', which retained the same meaning, before entering Middle English in the 14th century, where it began to encompass both the act of keeping something for future use and the concept of a supply set aside.

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