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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

보존하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bojonhada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Preserve/prɪˈzɜːv/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2540 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"발효를 막기 위해 음식을 보존해야 합니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To maintain something in its original or existing state, specifically treating food or organic matter in a way that prevents spoilage, decay, or unwanted fermentation.

    "The chef used canning and pickling techniques to preserve the summer harvest before fermentation could begin."
As noun
  1. 1

    A food prepared by cooking fruit with sugar, or a specific area of land or water set aside for the protection of wildlife.

    "She spread homemade apricot preserve over her morning toast."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin verb praeservare, formed from the prefix prae- (before) and servare (to keep, watch over, save). It entered Middle English via Old French as 'preserver' around the 14th century, initially carrying the theological sense of divine protection before broadening to physical maintenance and food conservation.

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