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reservation

[ rez-er-vey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart.
  2. the act of making an exception or qualification.
  3. an exception or qualification made expressly or tacitly:

    to accept something, but with inner reservations.

  4. a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose, as for the use of an Indian tribe.
  5. an arrangement to secure accommodations at a restaurant or hotel, on a boat or plane, etc.
  6. the record kept or assurance given of such an arrangement:

    Sorry, the hotel has no reservation under that name.



reservation

/ ˌɛəˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. the act or an instance of reserving
  2. something reserved, esp hotel accommodation, a seat on an aeroplane, in a theatre, etc
  3. often plural a stated or unstated qualification of opinion that prevents one's wholehearted acceptance of a proposal, claim, statement, etc
  4. an area of land set aside, esp (in the US) for American Indian peoples
  5. the strip of land between the two carriageways of a dual carriageway
  6. the act or process of keeping back, esp for oneself; withholding
  7. law a right or interest retained by the grantor in property granted, conveyed, leased, etc, to another

    a reservation of rent

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDzr··tDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of reservation1

1350–1400; Middle English reservacioun < Middle French reservation, equivalent to reserv ( er ) to reserve + -ation -ation
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Example Sentences

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Those reservations gained some traction earlier this month when soil testing by Los Angeles County in and around the burn areas found concerning levels of lead.

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Besides, reservations are already sold out for Weekend 2.

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While he spent time on the reservation visiting family, he grow up about 20 miles away in Glacier National Park.

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People will want to digest this, see how it works in practice, but based on what has been said before by some relatives I think they will have their reservations.

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To think that Mike White didn’t know who Lisa was and had reservations about casting her.

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