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Synonyms for reservations

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rez-er-vey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛz ərˈveɪ ʃən

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Définition of reservations

Origin :
  • late 14c., "act of reserving," from Old French reservation (14c.) and directly from Late Latin reservationem (nominative reservatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin reservare (see reserve (n.)). Mental sense is from c.1600. U.S. sense "tract of public land set aside for some special use" is recorded from 1789, originally in reference to the Six Nations in New York State. Meaning "act or fact of engaging a room, a seat, etc." is from 1904, originally American English.
  • noun condition, stipulation
  • noun the act of holding something, or thing held for future use
  • noun habitat for large group
Example sentences :
  • The reservations placed upon our adherence should not be misinterpreted.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • These reservations are not without bearing upon our own literature in America.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • Knowing Cullingworth as well as I did, I took it with reservations and deductions.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • There appeared to be reservations about it in Tremayne's mind.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • And even in that privacy, his thought had some reservations of which he was vaguely conscious.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • But though Wadley was prepared to like him, his mind held its reservations.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • He still had his reservations about Costa, but he'd keep them to himself now.
  • Extract from : « The K-Factor » by Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)
  • By far the greater majority of those on the reservations are law-abiding.
  • Extract from : « Two Boys in Wyoming » by Edward S. Ellis
  • Now, Miss Isobel had spent her life in evasions and reservations and compromises.
  • Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice
  • For the rest she had given herself—with reservations—to the Feminist movement.
  • Extract from : « Marriage la mode » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

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