preservation

pre·serve  (pr-zûrv)

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

v.tr.

1. To maintain in safety from injury, peril, or harm; protect.

2. To keep in perfect or unaltered condition; maintain unchanged.

3. To keep or maintain intact: tried to preserve family harmony. See Synonyms at defend.

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

5. To prevent (organic bodies) from decaying or spoiling.

6. To keep or protect (game or fish) for one's private hunting or fishing.

v.intr.

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

2. To maintain a private area stocked with game or fish.

n.

1. Something that acts to preserve; a preservative.

2. Fruit cooked with sugar to protect against decay or fermentation. Often used in the plural.

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 praeservre, from Late Latin, to observe beforehand : Latin prae-, pre- + Latin servre, to guard, preserve; see ser-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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pre·serva·bili·ty n.

pre·serva·ble adj.

preser·vation (przr-vshn) n.

pre·server n.

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"

Translations

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

preservation [ˌprɛzə^rˈveɪʃ^ən] n

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

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

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

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