reservation

Everyday

1. A reservation is an arrangement to keep a table, seat, room or ticket for you, a booking. tree →
2. A reservation is a doubt you have about something. tree →
3. A reservation (in the USA and Canada) is land kept for Native American peoples. tree →
4. (UK) The central reservation is the strip in the middle of a motorway. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life you make a reservation at a restaurant or hotel; in history lessons reservations were land given to Native Americans; in opinion writing «reservations» means doubts. Phrases: make a reservation, without reservation, have reservations about.

Examples

• Dad made a reservation for dinner. tree →
• We have a reservation for four at seven o'clock. tree →
• I have reservations about this plan. tree →
• Many Native Americans live on reservations. tree →
• The car hit the central reservation. tree →
• She agreed without reservation. tree →

Note

Countable. From «reserve». In the USA and Canada «reservation» is also called «reserve» (Canada). «Without reservation» means completely.