conservation

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌkɑnsə(r)ˈveɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

conservation (countable and uncountable; plural conservations)

1. The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
2. A wise use of natural resources.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, Lord Stranleigh Abroad^[1]:

     “My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up. […] You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year. …”

Derived terms

• anticonservation
• anticonservationist
• conservational

Translations

The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting

• Bulgarian: опазване (bg) (opazvane) n, съхраняване (bg) (sǎhranjavane) n, консервация (bg) (konservacija) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保存 (cmn) (bǎocún)

• Czech: zachování (cs) n, konzervace (cs)
• Dutch: bewaren (nl) n, conserveren (nl) n
• Esperanto: konservado (eo)
• Finnish: suojelu (fi), säilytys (fi), säilyttäminen (fi)

• French: préservation (fr) f
• German: Erhaltung (de) f, Konservierung (de) f, Bewahrung (de) f
• Hebrew: שימור (he) (shimur) m (preservation)
• Japanese: 保存 (ja) (ほぞん, hozon)
• Lao: ການອະນຸລັກ (lo)
• Romanian: conservare (ro)
• Russian: сохранение (ru) (soxranénije), консервация (ru) (konservácija) f

A wise use of natural resources

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保護 (cmn)

• Dutch: natuurbescherming (nl)
• Finnish: ympäristönsuojelu (fi), luonnonsuojelu (fi)
• French: défense (fr) f, préservation (fr) f

• German: Schutz (de) m
• Japanese: 節約 (ja) (せつやく, setsuyaku), 保護 (ja) (ほご, hogo)
• Russian: сохранение (ru) (soxranénije) n, охрана (ru) (oxrána) f, защита (ru) (zaščíta) f

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Etymology

From Latin conservatio.

Noun

conservation f (plural conservations)

1. conservation

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