reserve

Everyday

1. To ask for something, like a table or a seat, to be kept for you: "We reserved a table." tree →
2. To keep something for later or for a special use. tree →
3. As a noun, an extra amount kept in case it is needed. tree →
4. A protected area of land for wild animals and plants: "a nature reserve". tree →
5. In sport, a player who waits to come on if needed. tree →
6. Reserve can also mean a quiet, careful way of not showing your feelings or talking much. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life families reserve tables, tickets or campsites. In science and geography, nature reserves protect wildlife. In sport a reserve player sits on the bench. In maths and money, a reserve is an amount kept back. Phrases: nature reserve, in reserve, reserve a seat, reserved seat.

Examples

• We reserved a table at the restaurant. tree →
• These seats are reserved for older people. tree →
• We saw otters at the nature reserve. tree →
• He was a reserve for the football match. tree →
• Keep some water in reserve for the walk home. tree →
• Can I reserve the book at the library? tree →
• The camel's hump stores a reserve of fat. tree →
• "He weren't zackly drowndid, honey," replied the old man, With an air of cautious reserve. tree →

Note

Regular verb: reserve, reserved. The noun is also "reservation" for a booking. "Reserved" can also mean quiet and shy about showing feelings. In the USA, "reservation" is also land set aside for Native American nations. In maths: if you keep 5 of 20 sweets in reserve, you can use 15 now.

In Jewish tradition

In the Torah it means to set something aside, such as a portion of land for a leader. In the primary lessons: In everyday life families reserve tables, tickets or campsites. In science and geography, nature reserves protect wildlife. In sport a reserve player sits on the bench. In maths and money, a reserve is an amount kept back. Phrases: nature reserve, in reserve, reserve a seat, reserved seat.

Examples

• And he chose a first part for himself, for there a portion of a ruler was reserved; and there came the heads of the people, he executed the righteousness of the LORD, and His ordinances with Israel. (Torah DEU.33.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• Happiness is reserved for the just, and misery for the wicked ones. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• In usual Hebrew grammatical terminology, the term ‘mothers’ is reserved for the אִמּוֹת קְרִיאָה immot qeriʼah, ‘mothers of reading’ (whence Latin matres lectionis), the letters אהו״י Alef-Heh-Waw-Yod which can serve to represent either consonants or vowels. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? (Writings JOB.38.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led forth to the day of wrath? (Writings JOB.21.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots. (Prophets 2SA.8.4, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Regular verb: reserve, reserved. The noun is also "reservation" for a booking. "Reserved" can also mean quiet and shy about showing feelings. In the USA, "reservation" is also land set aside for Native American nations. In maths: if you keep 5 of 20 sweets in reserve, you can use 15 now.