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RESERVATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reservation" is a kind of...):
preservation; saving (the activity of protecting something from loss or danger)
Derivation:
reserve (hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)
Example:
wondered who had made the booking
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reservation" is a kind of...):
employment; engagement (the act of giving someone a job)
Derivation:
reserve (obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance)
reserve (arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly
Synonyms:
arriere pensee; mental reservation; reservation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reservation" is a kind of...):
doubt; doubtfulness; dubiety; dubiousness; incertitude; uncertainty (the state of being unsure of something)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reservation" is a kind of...):
prearrangement (something arranged in advance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reservation"):
upgrade (a reservation that is improved)
Derivation:
reserve (obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance)
reserve (arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A statement that limits or restricts some claim
Example:
he recommended her without any reservations
Synonyms:
qualification; reservation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reservation" is a kind of...):
statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reservation"):
fine print; small print (the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type)
weasel word (an equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reservation" is a kind of...):
agreement; understanding (the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A district that is reserved for particular purpose
Synonyms:
reservation; reserve
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("reservation" is a kind of...):
administrative district; administrative division; territorial division (a district defined for administrative purposes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reservation"):
Indian reservation (a reservation set aside for the use of Indians)
preserve (a reservation where animals are protected)
Context examples:
I have now recalled all that I think it needful to recall here, of this term of absence—with one reservation.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
