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# reserves

«reserves» in Mova's school dictionary: **supplies kept for later or for an emergency, like food…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (reserves — plural of reserve; reserve, a reserve); verb form (reserves — of reserve: reserve, reserves, reserved, reserving)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Reserves are supplies kept for later or for an emergency, like food reserves or money reserves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserves/#m1)

2) Reserves are extra players who wait to come on if needed (substitutes). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserves/#m2)

3) Reserves are also soldiers kept ready but not usually in action. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserves/#m3)

4) A nature reserve is protected land for wild animals and plants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserves/#m4)

5) «Reserves» is also the verb: «she reserves a table» means she books it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserves/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science, animals store fat reserves for winter; countries keep reserves of oil and water. In sport, reserves sit on the bench. In geography, reserves protect wildlife. Phrases: «in reserve», «energy reserves», «nature reserves», «the reserves bench».

### examples

- Bears build up fat reserves before they hibernate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserves/#x1)
- I was one of the reserves, so I came on in the second half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserves/#x2)
- The country has large reserves of coal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserves/#x3)
- We visited two nature reserves on holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserves/#x4)
- Keep some water in reserve for the walk home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserves/#x5)
- Mum always reserves a table at the restaurant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserves/#x6)

### note

Plural of «reserve». «In reserve» = kept for later. Adjective «reserved» = shy and quiet, or booked («this seat is reserved»). In some countries «reserve» or «reservation» also means land set aside for Indigenous peoples. In maths, «reserves» left over = total − what was used.

### In the corpora

- [Marmots almost vanished when most steppe was ploughed and came back in reserves in the Luhansk and Kharkiv regions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/373-ukraine-s-steppe-marmots-sousliks-great-bustards-and-askania-nova/11/)
- [Nature reserves and national parks protect wild plants and animals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/57-environment/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reserves» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reserves/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.