Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.

    Erhaltung, Konservierung, Bewahrung

    сохране́ниеsoxranénije, консерва́цияkonservácija

    збере́женняzberéžennja, консерва́ціяkonservácija

  2. (countable, uncountable)Wise use of natural resources.

    Schutz, Umweltschutz, Unterschutzstellung

    сохране́ниеsoxranénije, охра́наoxrána, защи́таzaščíta

    the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources

  3. (countable, uncountable)The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources

    Naturschutz, Umweltschutz, Artenschutz

    охра́на приро́дыoxrána priródy

  4. (countable, uncountable)Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor

  5. (countable, uncountable)The protection and care of cultural heritage, including artwork and architecture, as well as historical and archaeological artifacts

  6. (countable, uncountable)Lack of change in a measurable property of an isolated physical system (conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, and fundamental symmetries)

Examples

41 sentences
  1. This has been designated a conservation area.

    deDies ist zum Landschaftsschutzgebiet erklärt worden.

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  2. This conservation wasn't supposed to get this deep.

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  3. The organization plays a principal role in wildlife conservation.

    ruОрганизация играет основную роль в сохранении дикой природы.

    deDie Organisation spielt eine zentrale Rolle bei der Erhaltung der Tier- und Pflanzenwelt.

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  4. Forest conservation is an important issue all over the world.

    deDer Schutz des Waldes ist überall auf der Welt eine wichtige Aufgabe.

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  5. The island is a conservation area closed to the public.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting:
Русский
By meaning 3
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting:
A wise use of natural resources:
the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting:
A wise use of natural resources:
the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources:

Origin

From Old French. By surface analysis, conserve + -ation.

From Old French. By surface analysis, conserve + -ation.

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