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Definitions for Reserved

[1] kept or set apart for some particular use or purpose.
[2] kept by special arrangement for some person: a reserved seat.
[3] formal or self-restrained in manner and relationship; avoiding familiarity or intimacy with others: a quiet, reserved man.
[4] characterized by reserve, as the disposition, manner, etc.: reserved comments.
[5] retaining the original color of a surface, especially when decorating portions of the surface with other colors.
[6] to serve again.
[7] to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
[8] to retain or secure by express stipulation.
[9] to set apart for a particular use, purpose, service, etc.: ground reserved for gardening.
[10] to keep for oneself.
[11] to retain (the original color) of a surface, as on a painted ceramic piece.
[12] to save or set aside (a portion of the Eucharistic elements) to be administered, as to the sick, outside of the Mass or communion service.
[13] Finance . cash, or assets readily convertible into cash, held aside, as by a corporation, bank, state or national government, etc., to meet expected or unexpected demands. uninvested cash held to comply with legal requirements.
[14] something kept or stored for use or need; stock: a reserve of food.
[15] a resource not normally called upon but available if needed.
[16] a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose: a forest reserve.
[17] an act of reserving; reservation, exception, or qualification: I will do what you ask, but with one reserve.
[18] Military . a fraction of a military force held in readiness to sustain the attack or defense made by the rest of the force. the part of a country's fighting force not in active service. reserves, the enrolled but not regular components of the U.S. Army.
[19] formality and self-restraint in manner and relationship; avoidance of familiarity or intimacy with others: to conduct oneself with reserve.
[20] reticence or silence.
[21] kept in reserve; forming a reserve: a reserve fund; a reserve supply.
[22] of or relating to the animal awarded second place in livestock shows: the reserve champion steer.
[23] set aside for use by a particular person or people this table is reserved
[24] cool or formal in manner; restrained, silent, or reticent
[25] destined; fated reserved for great things
[26] referring to matters that are the responsibility of the national parliament rather than a devolved regional assembly defence is a reserved issue
[27] (tr) to serve again
[28] to keep back or set aside, esp for future use or contingency; withhold
[29] to keep for oneself; retain I reserve the right to question these men later
[30] to obtain or secure by advance arrangement I have reserved two tickets for tonight's show
[31] to delay delivery of (a judgment), esp in order to allow time for full consideration of the issues involved
[32] something kept back or set aside, esp for future use or contingency (as modifier ) a reserve stock
[33] the state or condition of being reserved I have plenty in reserve
[34] a tract of land set aside for the protection and conservation of wild animals, flowers, etc a nature reserve
[35] Also called: reservation Canadian an area of land set aside, esp (in the US and Canada) for American or Canadian Indian peoples
[36] Australian and NZ an area of publicly owned land set aside for sport, recreation, etc
[37] the act of reserving; reservation
[38] a member of a team who only plays if a playing member drops out; a substitute
[39] (often plural) a part of an army or formation not committed to immediate action in a military engagement that part of a nation's armed services not in active service
[40] coolness or formality of manner; restraint, silence, or reticence
[41] finance a portion of capital not invested (a capital reserve ) or a portion of profits not distributed (a revenue or general reserve ) by a bank or business enterprise and held to meet legal requirements, future liabilities, or contingencies (often plural) liquid assets held by an organization, government, etc, to meet expenses and liabilities
[42] without reserve without reservations; fully; wholeheartedly

Words related to Reserved

reticent, composed, serene, cautious, soft-spoken, taciturn, quiet, modest, distant, placid, peaceful, aloof, restrained, restricted, prim, retiring, shy, gentle, sedate, collected

Words nearby Reserved

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Origin of Reserved

1325–75; Middle English reserven (v.) < Middle French reserver < Latin reservāre to keep back, retain, equivalent to re- re- + servāre to save

Words that may be confused with Reserved

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, reservere-serve, reserve

Other words from Reserved

re·serv·ed·ly [ri-zur -vid-lee] /rɪˈzɜr vɪd li/ , adverb
re·serv·ed·ness , noun
o·ver·re·served , adjective
o·ver·re·serv·ed·ly , adverb
o·ver·re·serv·ed·ness , noun
re·serv·a·ble , adjective
re·serve·less , adjective
non·re·serv·a·ble , adjective
non·re·serve , noun, adjective

Word origin for Reserved

C14: from Old French reserver , from Latin reservāre to save up, from re- + servāre to keep

Synonyms for Reserved

aloof, cautious, composed, distant, modest, peaceful, placid, quiet, restrained, reticent, serene, soft-spoken, taciturn, close, collected, cool, gentle, prim, retiring, sedate, shy, withdrawn, backward, bashful, ceremonious, close-mouthed, cold, conventional, demure, diffident, eremitic, formal, frigid, icy, mild, misanthropic, noncommittal, offish, reclusive, secretive, self-contained, solitary, standoffish, unapproachable, uncommunicative, uncompanionable, undemonstrative, unresponsive