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{
"term": "reserve",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a supply of something that is available to be used in the future or when it is needed",
"sensetop": "reserve of something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "cash/foreign currency reserves"
},
{
"text": "large oil and gas reserves"
},
{
"text": "reserve funds"
},
{
"text": "He discovered unexpected reserves of strength.",
"contextForm": "reserve of something"
},
{
"text": "The country has the world's largest reserves of coal."
},
{
"text": "The company has substantial reserves of capital."
}
],
"topics": ["Money"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "huge", "large"],
"verb + reserve": ["have", "hold something in", "keep something in"],
"reserve + verb": ["be available", "dwindle", "fall"],
"reserve + noun": ["assets", "currency", "funds"],
"preposition": ["in reserve", "reserve of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a piece of land that is a protected area for animals, plants, etc.",
"labels": "North American English also",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a wildlife/forest reserve"
}
],
"topics": ["The environment", "Hobbies"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["national", "bird", "forest"],
"verb + reserve": ["create", "establish"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "an area of land in the US that is kept separate for native North Americans to live in",
"examples": [],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["national", "bird", "forest"],
"verb + reserve": ["create", "establish"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the quality that somebody has when they do not talk easily to other people about their ideas, feelings, etc.",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She found it difficult to make friends because of her natural reserve."
},
{
"text": "Jaime always talked to people without reserve."
}
],
"synonyms": "reticence",
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["deep", "natural"],
"preposition": ["with reserve", "without reserve"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a feeling that you do not want to accept or agree to something, etc. until you are quite sure that it is all right to do so",
"sensetop": "with reservewithout reserve",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Any contract should be treated with reserve until it has been checked.",
"contextForm": "with reserve"
},
{
"text": "She trusted him without reserve *(= completely)*.",
"contextForm": "without reserve"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["deep", "natural"],
"preposition": ["with reserve", "without reserve"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "an extra player who plays in a team when one of the other players is injured or not available to play",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"],
"collocations": {
"verb + reserve": ["play in"],
"reserve + noun": ["side", "team", "goalkeeper"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "a team that is below the level of the main team",
"examples": [],
"collocations": {
"verb + reserve": ["play in"],
"reserve + noun": ["side", "team", "goalkeeper"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "an extra military force, etc. that is not part of a country’s regular forces, but is available to be used when needed",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the Army Reserve"
},
{
"text": "the reserve police"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["air-force", "army", "marine"],
"reserve + noun": ["army", "force", "police"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 9,
"definition": "the lowest price that somebody will accept for something, especially something that is sold at an auction",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The painting failed to reach to its reserve and was withdrawn from the sale."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "available to be used in the future or when needed",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The money was being **kept in reserve** for their retirement."
},
{
"text": "200 police officers were **held in reserve**."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈzɜːv/",
"audio": "re/reserve/reserve__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈzɜːrv/",
"audio": "re/reserve/reserve__us_4.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}