preserve
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- præserve (archaic)
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
preserve (countable and uncountable; plural preserves)
- A sweet spread made of any of a variety of berries.
- A nature preserve.
Translations [edit]
nature preserve
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Usage notes [edit]
More often used in the plural, as strawberry preserves, but the form without the -s can also be used as the plural form, or to refer to a single type.
Synonyms [edit]
See also [edit]
Verb [edit]
preserve (third-person singular simple present preserves, present participle preserving, simple past and past participle preserved)
- To protect; to keep; to maintain the condition of.
- Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it - Yuri Gagarin (the first man in space)
Translations [edit]
to protect
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to keep; to maintain the condition of.
Anagrams [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
preserve (infinitive preservar)
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of preservar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of preservar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of preservar.
Portuguese [edit]
Verb [edit]
preserve
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