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(verb) obtain or arrange in advance: "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's" |
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Related Words: bespeak, book up, call for, quest, request |
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(verb) hold back or set aside, esp. for future use or contingency: reserve: they held back their applause in anticipation. |
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Related Words: keep back, withhold |
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(satellite adjective) kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts" |
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Synonyms: spare |
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(verb) hold on to |
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Synonyms: hold, retain |
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Related Words: hold on, hold open, keep, keep, keep open, save |
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(verb) arrange for and reserve in advance; "reserve a seat on a flight"; "We booked tickets to the show"; "please hold a table at Maxim's" |
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Synonyms: book, hold |
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Related Words: book, book, hold, hold, reserve, reserve |
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(noun) the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary |
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Synonyms: reticence, taciturnity |
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Related Words: uncommunicativeness |
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(noun) something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose |
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Synonyms: backlog, stockpile |
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Related Words: accumulation, bank, reserve account, reserve fund |
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(satellite adjective) not engaged in military action |
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Synonyms: inactive |
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(noun) formality and propriety of manner |
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Synonyms: modesty |
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Related Words: correctitude, demureness, properness, propriety |
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(noun) armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency |
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Synonyms: military reserve |
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Related Words: armed forces, military |
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(noun) a district that is reserved for particular purpose |
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Synonyms: reservation |
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Related Words: administrative district, administrative division, indian reservation, preserve, territorial division |
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(noun) an athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out |
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Synonyms: substitute |
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Related Words: athlete, bench warmer, jock, pinch hitter |
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(verb) give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research" |
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Synonyms: allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside |
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Related Words: allot, assign, portion |
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