preserve

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Usage notes 1.3.3 Synonyms 1.4 See also 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Anagrams 2 Spanish 2.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• præserve (archaic)

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)v

[edit] Noun

preserve (countable and uncountable; plural preserves)

1. a sweet spread made of any of a variety of berries
2. a nature preserve

[edit] Translations

• Finnish: marmeladi fi(fi)
• Serbian: slatko sr(sr)

[edit] Usage notes

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.

[edit] Synonyms

• jam
• jelly
• marmalade

[edit] See also

• preserver

[edit] Verb

to preserve (third-person singular simple present preserves, present participle preserving, simple past and past participle preserved)

1. To protect; to keep; to maintain the condition of.

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[edit] Anagrams

• perverse

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Verb

preserve (infinitive: preservar)

1. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of preservar.
2. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of preservar.
3. formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of preservar.