Meaning of Preserve | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sweet spread made of any of a variety of fruits.
   countable, uncountable
2. Conserve.
3. A reservation, a nature preserve.
   countable, uncountable
4. An exclusive area of activity.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Suppose Shakespeare had been knocked on the head some dark night in Sir Thomas Lucy's preserves, the world would have wagged on better or worse, the pitcher gone to the well, the scythe to the corn, and the student to his book; and no one been any the wiser of the loss.”

“Kids regard their tree houses as their own preserve.”

“No one can argue with that—neither the Army Commander nor Zhilinsky nor even the Grand Duke. That is the Emperor’s preserve. The Emperor says France must be saved. We can only do his bidding.”

“The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.”

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