preservation

pre·serve

 (prĭ-zûrv′)

v. pre·served, pre·serv·ing, pre·serves

v.tr.

1. To keep from injury, peril, or harm; protect. See Synonyms at defend.

2. To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged: fossils preserved in sediments; a film preserved in the archives.

3. To keep or maintain intact: tried to preserve family harmony.

4. To prepare (food) for storage or future use, as by canning or salting.

5. To prevent (organic bodies) from decaying or spoiling: preserved the specimen in a chemical solution.

6.

a. To protect (wildlife or natural resources) in a designated area, often for regulated hunting or fishing.

b. To maintain (an area) for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.

v.intr.

1. To treat fruit or other foods so as to prevent decay.

2. To maintain an area for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.

n.

1. Something that acts to preserve; a preservative.

2. often preserves Fruit cooked with sugar to protect against decay or fermentation.

3. An area maintained for the protection of wildlife or natural resources.

4. Something considered as being the exclusive province of certain persons: Ancient Greek is the preserve of scholars.

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[Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin praeservāre, from Late Latin, to observe beforehand : Latin prae-, pre- + Latin servāre, to guard, preserve; see ser- in Indo-European roots.]

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pre·serv′a·bil′i·ty n.

pre·serv′a·ble adj.

pres′er·va′tion (prĕz′ər-vā′shən) n.

pre·serv′er n.

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pres•er•va•tion

(ˌprɛz ərˈveɪ ʃən)
n.

1. the act or process of preserving.

2. the state of being preserved.

[1425–75]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	preservation - the activity of protecting something from loss or danger saving environmentalism - the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction protection - the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection" conservation - the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources self-preservation - preservation of yourself from harm; a natural or instinctive tendency reservation - the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion immobilisation, immobilization - fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; "immobilization of the injured knee was necessary"
	2.	preservation - the condition of being (well or ill) preserved condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
	3.	preservation - a process that saves organic substances from decay fixation, fixing - (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body embalmment - preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms plastination - a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened; "the plastination of specimens is valuable for research and teaching" infrigidation, refrigeration - the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes
	4.	preservation - an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change conservation betterment, improvement, advance - a change for the better; progress in development

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preservation

noun

1. upholding, keeping, support, security, defence, maintenance, perpetuation the preservation of the status quo

2. protection, safety, maintenance, conservation, salvation, safeguarding, safekeeping the preservation of buildings of historic interest

3. storage, smoking, drying, bottling, freezing, curing, chilling, candying, pickling, conserving, tinning the preparation, cooking and preservation of food

Proverbs
"Self-preservation is the first law of nature"

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

preservation

noun

1. The careful guarding of an asset:

conservancy, conservation, husbandry, management.

2. The act or a means of defending:

defense, guard, protection, protector, safeguard, security, shield, ward.

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Translations

حِفْظ، صِيانَه

konzervace

bevarelse

ErhaltungKonservierung

διαφύλαξη

conservaciónmantenimiento

conservationgardepréservation

konzerválás

varîveisla

conservazionemantenimentopreservazione

bevaringkonservering

konzervácia

ohranitev

koruma

保存保护

preservation

[ˌprezəˈveɪʃən]

A. N [of antiquities, food] → conservación f; [of wildlife, land, buildings] → conservación f, preservación f; [of order, democracy] → mantenimiento m
in a good state of preservation → en buen estado, bien conservado

B. CPD preservation order N → orden f de preservación
preservation society N (Brit) → sociedad f para la preservación

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preservation

[ˌprɛzə^rˈveɪʃ^ən] n

[status quo, values, way of life, standards] → préservation f

[building, monument, work of art] → préservation f

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preservation

n

(= maintaining) (of custom, building, manuscript) → Erhaltung f; (of peace) → Wahrung f, → Erhaltung f; (of dignity) → Wahrung f; (of memory, reputation) → Aufrechterhaltung f, → Wahrung f

(to prevent decay) → Konservierung f; (of specimens) → Präservierung f; to be in a good state of preservation → gut erhalten sein

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preservation

[ˌprɛzəˈveɪʃ/ən] n → conservazione f; (of peace, one's dignity) → mantenimento

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preserve

(priˈzəːv) verb

1. to keep safe from harm. (May) Heaven preserve us from danger! behoed يَحْفَظُ закрилям proteger chránit bewahren beskytte προφυλάσσω, φυλάγω proteger, guardar kaitsma محافظت کردن varjella préserver/protéger (contre) לִשמוֹר बनाए रखना čuvati od megvéd menjaga vernda, varðveita proteggere 保護する 보호하다 (ap)saugoti []sargāt memelihara behoedenbevarechronić ساتل proteger a păstra; a apăra оберегать (u)chrániť (ob)varovati sačuvati bevara, skydda ปกป้องจากอันตราย korumak 保護 охороняти, оберігати نقصان سے حفاظت کرنا bảo vệ 保护

2. to keep in existence. They have managed to preserve many old documents. bewaar يَقي، يُحافِظ على запазвам preservar uchovat erhalten bevare διασώζω, προστατεύωconservar säilitama حفظ کردن säilyttää conserver לִשמוֹר सुरक्षित रखना, बनाये रखना sačuvati megőriz, konzervál menyelamatkan varðveita conservare 保存する 보존하다 išsaugoti, išlaikyti []glabāt memelihara bewarenkonservereprzechować ساتل preservar a păstra сохранять uchovať ohraniti sačuvati bevara ทำให้คงอยู่ korumak 保存，保藏 зберігати بچا کر رکھنا lưu giữ 保存，保藏

3. to treat (food), eg by cooking it with sugar, so that it will not go bad. What is the best method of preserving raspberries? inlê يَكْبِس، يَحْفَظ الطَّعام консервирам conservar konzervovat einmachen konservere συντηρώ, διατηρώconservar konserveerima از فاسد شدن حفظ کردن säilöä conserver לִשמוֹר עַל- रसायनिक विधि से किसी वस्तु की सुरक्षा करना održati u dobrom stanju befőz, eltesz mengawetkan sjóða niður conservare 保存食品にする 보존 가공하다 konservuoti konservēt mengawetkan conserverensylte, hermetisere, legge nedkonserwować له ورستيدو ساتل conservar a conserva консервировать konzervovať vkuhati konzerviranje konservera ถนอมอาหาร konservesini/reçelini yapmak 把...製成蜜餞 заготовляти; консервувати کھانے کو خراب ہونے سے بچانا bảo quản 把...制成蜜饯

noun

1. an activity, kind of work etc in which only certain people are allowed to take part. voorbehoude werk حِفْظ привилегия atividade restrita hájemství geschlossene Gesellschaft, Veranstaltung, etc. område επικράτειαdominio, terreno ainuõiguslik tegevusala کار انحصاری yksinoikeus chasse gardéeשימור परिरक्षित फल održati, podržavati munka(terület) kegiatan terbatas athöfn sem takmarkaður aðgangur er að (attività riservata) 領分 영역 išimtinai kam skirta sritis liegums bidang voorbehouden werkterrein felt, enemerker zastrzeżona sfera انحصارى كار actividade restrita activitate, tip de muncă etc. cu acces limitat дело, область revír (hájnika) domena domen privilegium, förbehållen rätt กิจกรรมที่อนุญาตเฉพาะบางคนเข้าร่วม iş 只允許某些人參加的活動或工作 щось, призначене для обмеженого кола людей ايسا کام جس ميں صرف چند لوگوں کو حصہ لينے کي اجازت ہو lĩnh vực hoạt động riêng biệt 只允许某些人参加的活动或工作

2. a place where game animals, birds etc are protected. a game preserve. reservaat مَحْمِيَّة حَيوانات صَيْد резерват reserva rezervace das Gehege reservat; -reservat περιοχή προστασίας θηραμάτων coto kaitseala منطقه حفاظت شده rauhoitusalue réserve שׁמוָּרת טֶבָע रक्षा या बचाव का अहाता, सुरक्षित स्थान या क्षेत्र lovište, rezervat rezervátum cagar alam verndarsvæði riserva 禁猟区 보호 구역 draustinis konservi kawasan simpanan haiwan reservaatreservatrezerwat ساتل شوى سيمه reserva rezervaţie заповедник rezervácia rezervat rezervat reservat พื้นที่ที่สงวนไว้สำหรับสัตว์ hayvan koruma alanı 禁獵地 заповідник جگہ جہاں کھيل کے جانوروں اور پرندوں کو رکھا جاتا ہے khu vực bảo tồn 禁猎地

3. jam. blackberry jam and other preserves. konfyt مأكولات مَحْفوظَه، مُعَلَّبات، مُرَبَّيات сладко compota zavařenina das Eingemachte syltetøj; marmelade μαρμελάδαconfitura hoidis مربا hillo confitureריבה जैम, मुरब्बा konzervirana, ukuhana lekvár; befőtt selai sulta; niðursoðnir ávextir conserva, confettura ジャム 잼 uogienė, konservai konservi jem confituursyltetøykonfitura, konserwa مربا compota dulceaţă варенье zaváranina marmelada konzervirano voće ili povrće sylt แยม reçel, marmelât 果醬，蜜餞 варення مربيّ، جَيم mứt 果酱，蜜饯

ˌpreserˈvation (pre-) noun

the action of preserving or the state or process of being preserved. bewaring حِفْظ، صِيانَه консервиране, запазване conservação konzervace die Erhaltung bevarelse συντήρηση, διατήρηση, προστασίαconservación säilitamine حفاظت rauhoittaminen conservationשימור परिरक्षित फल या सुरक्षित स्थान, संरक्षण sačuvanje, održavanje megőrzés, konzerválás pengawetan varðveisla conservazione 保存 보존 išlaikymas, išsaugojimas, konservavimas saglabāšana; konservēšana; konservācija pemeliharaan het bewaren, conserverenkonservering, bevaring przechowanie, ochrona ساتنه conservação conservare сохранение; консервирование konzervácia ohranitev očuvanje bevarande, konservering, fridlysning การสงวน koruma 保護，保存 збереження, зберігання نگہ داشت، حفاظت sự giữ gìn 保护，保存

preˈservative (-vətiv) noun

something that preserves, especially that prevents food etc from going bad. a chemical preservative. preserveermiddel واقٍ، حافِظ، مادَّةٌ تَصون الطعام من الفَساد консервант conservante konzervační prosředek das Konservierungsmittel konserveringsmiddel συντηρητικόconservante konservant ماده نگهدارنده säilöntäaine agent de conservation חוֹמֶר מְשָמֵר परिरक्षक, संरक्षक konzervans tartósítószer pengawet rotvarnarefni conservante 防腐剤 방부제 konservantas konservants bahan awet conserveermiddelkonserveringsmiddel środek konserwujący ساتونكى ټوكى conservante con­ser­vant консервант konzervačný prostriedok konzervans prezervativ konserveringsmedel สิ่งที่ป้องกันการเสีย koruyucu madde 防腐劑 консервант محافظ، خراب ہونے سے بچانے والا chất bảo quản 防腐剂

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preservation

n. preservación, conservación.

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