preservation

UK/ˌpɹɛz.əˈveɪ.ʃən/US/ˌpɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/

nounC1Common in everyday speech and writing · #8,096 of 15,258mostly written

Preservation is keeping something safe from decay or loss. Food preservation, the preservation of the building, in good preservation.

It covers buildings, food, records and habitats alike, and in each the enemy is time. A preservation order is the legal instrument that stops a tree or a building being altered.

Definitions of preservation

1nounpreservationKeeping something safe from decay or loss.C1
“A preservation order saved the terrace from demolition.”

preservation is a keeping.

Where it comes from

Medieval Latin preservatio comes from praeservare, to guard beforehand, from prae plus servare, to keep.

Medieval Latin
preservatio
Old French
preservacion
English, today
preservation

From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + ation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

preservation in the wild

Many processes designed to preserve food involve more than one food preservation method.
Food preservation
Different food preservation methods have different impacts on the quality of the food and food systems.
Food preservation
Wagner Jr. first organized a preservation committee in 1961, and the following year, created the LPC.
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
The LPC has been involved in several prominent preservation decisions, including that of Grand Central Terminal.
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
In contrast, main line railway preservation is the practice of operating restored trains on a railway network which is also operational primarily for serious commercial use.
Conservation and restoration of rail vehicles

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the preservatio family

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preservation — used about once every 3,111 pages · #8,096 · point at the bar for the others

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preservation

UK/ˌpɹɛz.əˈveɪ.ʃən/US/ˌpɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/

nounC1Common in everyday speech and writing · #8,096 of 15,258mostly written

Preservation is keeping something safe from decay or loss. Food preservation, the preservation of the building, in good preservation.

It covers buildings, food, records and habitats alike, and in each the enemy is time. A preservation order is the legal instrument that stops a tree or a building being altered.

Definitions of preservation

1nounpreservationKeeping something safe from decay or loss.C1
“A preservation order saved the terrace from demolition.”

preservation is a keeping.

Where it comes from

Medieval Latin preservatio comes from praeservare, to guard beforehand, from prae plus servare, to keep.

Medieval Latin
preservatio
Old French
preservacion
English, today
preservation

From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + ation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

preservation in the wild

Many processes designed to preserve food involve more than one food preservation method.
Food preservation
Different food preservation methods have different impacts on the quality of the food and food systems.
Food preservation
Wagner Jr. first organized a preservation committee in 1961, and the following year, created the LPC.
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
The LPC has been involved in several prominent preservation decisions, including that of Grand Central Terminal.
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
In contrast, main line railway preservation is the practice of operating restored trains on a railway network which is also operational primarily for serious commercial use.
Conservation and restoration of rail vehicles

1 / 3

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the preservatio family

preservation

preservation — used about once every 3,111 pages · #8,096 · point at the bar for the others

preserve