How do you pronounce reserve?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈzɝv/.

reserve

/ɹɪˈzɝv/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English

Syllables: re-serve
IPA: /ɹɪˈzɝv/

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Meaning

noun

A restriction.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A restriction.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.

Canadian usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The book is on reserve."
"I accept your view with one reserve."
"New oil reserves are continuously being discovered, but not as fast as the existing ones are running out."
"If Alberta’s reserves are a carbon bomb, this global expansion of tar sands and oil shale exploitation amounts to an escalating emissions arms race, the unlocking of a subterranean cache of weapons of mass ecological destruction."
"the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio was originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut."
"the Clergy Reserves in Canada are for the support of the clergy."

Etymology

From Old French reserver, from Latin reservō (“to reserve, retain”).

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: *ser- (guard), reserver, reservō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹɪˈzɝv/
British English: /ɹɪˈzɜːv/

Usage

Inflected Forms

reserves (plural) reserves (present, singular) reserving (participle, present) reserved (participle, past) reserved (past)

Derived Forms

bioreserve nonreserve reserveless reservism ressie underreserve unreserve overreserve reservable reservative reservee reservor

Phrases

cognitive reserve cookie-jar reserve dividend equalisation reserve Federal Reserve fractional reserve banking functional reserve game reserve gold reserve

Frequently Paired Words

reservist res rez

Synonyms

reservation hold save sign up for register for schedule enroll in book self-restraint reticence taciturnity substitute

Rhymes With

serve deserve nerve preserve curve observe conserve swerve verve merv irv serv

reserve

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How to pronounce reserve