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RESERVED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by self-restraint and reticence
Example:
was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion
Classified under:
Similar:
aloof; distant; upstage (remote in manner)
diffident (showing modest reserve)
indrawn; withdrawn (tending to reserve or introspection)
Also:
backward ((used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature)
undemonstrative (not given to open expression of emotion)
inhibited (held back or restrained or prevented)
restrained (under restraint)
Antonym:
unreserved (not cautious or reticent)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Set aside for the use of a particular person or party
Classified under:
Similar:
booked; engaged; set-aside (reserved in advance)
bookable (subject to being reserved or booked)
Antonym:
unreserved (not reserved)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb reserve
Context examples:
And that's our cool, reserved, and worldly Amy!
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder should be reserved for those tumors that are predominantly keratin forming.
(Bladder Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) (copyright 2010 Inflexxion, Inc., All rights reserved).
(Current Opioid Misuse Measure Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) (copyright University of Michigan, 2000, All rights reserved).
(Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Professor Challenger replied that he reserved such information for good reasons of his own, but would be prepared to give it with proper precautions to a committee chosen from the audience.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Terms low grade and high grade PIN should be reserved for models in which the epithelial lesion has documented potential to progress to invasive carcinoma.
(Atypical Hyperplasia of the Mouse Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
The second first-class carriage from the front will be reserved for us.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The E. carotovora-derived form of asparaginase is typically reserved for cases of asparaginase hypersensitivity.
(Asparaginase, NCI Thesaurus)
Reserved people often really need the frank discussion of their sentiments and griefs more than the expansive.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Their logomachy was far more stimulating to his intellect than the reserved and quiet dogmatism of Mr. Morse.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
