preservation
The act of preservingThe act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
» What are your views on the importance of language preservation?
Что ты думаешь о важности сохранения языка?
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
Erhaltung
сохране́ниеsoxranénije
(countable, uncountable)The state of being preserved, how something has survived.
- the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
- a process that saves organic substances from decay
- the condition of being (well or ill) preserved
- an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
Examples
22 sentencesWhat are your views on the importance of language preservation?
ruЧто ты думаешь о важности сохранения языка?
What is your opinion about language preservation?
ruЧто вы думаете о сохранении языка?
Sleep is essential for the preservation of life.
The forest is in a better state of preservation.
Does the term self-preservation mean anything to you?
deKannst du mit dem Begriff „Selbsterhaltung“ etwas anfangen?
Translations
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Origin
From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve +From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + -ation.
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Forms
plural: preservations| Singular | preservation |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- the activity of protecting something from loss or danger:saving
- an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change:conservation
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable