preserve

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noun (AmE) ⇨ See also ↑reserve

ADJECTIVE

▪ forest, nature, wilderness, wildlife

▪ This land is protected as a wildlife preserve.

▪ game, hunting

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the preserve

▪ She decided to go for a walk in the forest preserve.
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verb

ADVERB

▪ carefully, faithfully, lovingly

▪ She carefully preserved all his letters.

▪ perfectly

▪ The style of the original film is preserved perfectly.

VERB + PRESERVE

▪ seek to, try to

▪ be anxious to, want to, wish to

▪ We were anxious to preserve the original character of the house.

▪ help (to)

▪ We need to take action to help preserve fish stocks.

▪ fight to

▪ campaigners fighting to preserve a historic building

▪ be designed to, be intended to

▪ The Act contained provisions designed to preserve the status quo.

▪ be important to

PREPOSITION

▪ as

▪ The prison is preserved as a tourist attraction.

▪ for

▪ The collection has been sold to the British Museum where it will be preserved for the nation.

▪ from

▪ an attempt to preserve the corpse from decomposition

PHRASES

▪ an attempt to preserve sth

▪ beautifully, exquisitely, well, wonderfully, etc. preserved

▪ They were thrilled to discover a beautifully preserved specimen of Roman pottery.

▪ be preserved intact

▪ The bones had all been preserved intact.

▪ be worth preserving

▪ You need to say why the building is worth preserving.

▪ poorly preserved

▪ The iron coins are poorly preserved 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

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Synonyms:

Keep, guard, protect, defend, secure, shield, save, Sweetmeat, confect, confection, comfit, confit, confiture, jam, conserve, jelly, marmalade / Maintain, uphold, sustain, guard, keep, Enclosure (for game) / Conserve, keep sound, save from decay

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Preserve — Pre*serve , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preserved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preserving}.] [F. pr[ e]server, from L. prae before + servare to save, preserve; cf. L. praeservare to observe beforehand. See {Serve}.] 1. To keep or save from injury or destruction;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
preserve — pre·serve /pri zərv/ vt pre·served, pre·serv·ing 1: to keep safe from injury, harm, or destruction expenses necessary to preserve the property 2 a: to keep valid, intact, or in existence (as pending a proceeding) the right of a trial by jury… … Law dictionary
preserve — [prē zʉrv′, prizʉrv′] vt. preserved, preserving [ME preserven < MFr preserver < ML praeservare, to preserve, protect < LL, to observe beforehand < L prae , PRE + servare: see OBSERVE] 1. to keep from harm, damage, danger, evil, etc.;… … English World dictionary
préservé — préservé, ée (pré zèr vé, vée) part. passé. Préservé de tout contact avec les méchants. SUPPLÉMENT AU DICTIONNAIRE PRÉSERVÉ. Ajoutez : Les Préservées, filles qui se repentent de leurs fautes et se retirent dans une maison cloîtrée, Journ.… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Preserve — Pre*serve , v. i. 1. To make preserves. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To protect game for purposes of sport. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Preserve — Pre*serve , n. 1. That which is preserved; fruit, etc., seasoned and kept by suitable preparation; esp., fruit cooked with sugar; commonly in the plural. [1913 Webster] 2. A place in which game, fish, etc., are preserved for purposes of sport, or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
preserve — vb *save, conserve Analogous words: *rescue, deliver, redeem, ransom: protect, guard, safeguard (see DEFEND) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
preserve — [v] care for, maintain; continue bottle, can, conserve, cure, defend, evaporate, freeze, guard, keep, keep up, mothball*, mummify, perpetuate, pickle, process, protect, put up, refrigerate, retain, safeguard, save, season, secure, shelter, shield … New thesaurus
preservé — Preservé, [preserv]ée. part … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
preserve — ► VERB 1) maintain in its original or existing state. 2) keep safe from harm or injury. 3) keep alive (a memory or quality). 4) treat (food) to prevent its decomposition. 5) prepare (fruit) for long term storage by boiling it with sugar. ► NOUN… … English terms dictionary

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