preserve
noun/prɪˈzɜːv/
/prɪˈzɜːrv/
- [singular] preserve (of somebody) an activity, a job, an interest, etc. that is thought to be suitable for one particular person or group of people
- Football is no longer the preserve of men.
- I began my career in the days when nursing was a female preserve.
- Higher education is no longer the preserve of the wealthy.
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- [countable, usually plural, uncountable] a type of jam made by boiling fruit with a large amount of sugarTopics Foodc2
- [countable, usually plural, uncountable] (especially British English) a type of pickle made by cooking vegetables with salt or vinegar
- (North American English) (also reserve British and North American English)[countable] a piece of land that is a protected area for animals, plants, etc.
- [countable] an area of private land or water where animals and fish are kept for people to hunt
- He bought a 171-acre hunting preserve in upstate New York.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- forest
- nature
- wilderness
- …
- in a/the preserve
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘keep safe from harm’): from Old French preserver, from late Latin praeservare, from prae- ‘before, in advance’ + servare ‘to keep’.
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