Meaning

10 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.

    The committee authorised the reservation of funds.

    the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion

  2. The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.

    (countable, uncountable)The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate to certain benefices.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Something that is withheld or kept back.

    Vorbehalt

  5. (countable, in the plural, often, uncountable)A limiting qualification regarding certainty or risk; a doubt or concern.

    I have reservations about your intentions.

    I have some reservations about cosigning a loan for him.

    Bedenken, Vorbehalt

    сомнениеsomnenije

    застере́женняzasteréžennja

  6. (US, countable, uncountable)A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people, such as the Hopi Reservation or the Navajo Nation's territory.

    Reservat

    резерва́цияrezervácija

    резерва́ціяrezervácija

  7. (countable, uncountable)An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.

    I have a hotel reservation in the name of Mr Smith.

    Reservierung

    резерви́рованиеrezervírovanije, брони́рованиеbronírovanije

    резервува́нняrezervuvánnja, бронюва́нняbronjuvánnja

    the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance

  8. (UK, countable, uncountable)The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway or dual carriageway.

    A vehicle crashed through the central reservation into the path of oncoming traffic.

  9. (India, countable, uncountable)The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).

  10. (countable, uncountable)A power of an overseeing authority to suspend legislation in the jurisdiction being overseen pending the approval of a higher authority. Such as a provincial/state governor reserving a bill passed by the state/provincial legislature from assent, pending approval of the federal government; or a federal bill passed by federal parliament being reserved by the viceroy pending approval by the crown.

Examples

256 sentences
  1. You have to make a reservation.

    Ти повинен зробити бронювання.

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  2. I'd like to confirm our reservations.

    Я хотів би підтвердити бронювання.

    deIch möchte unsere Reservierung bestätigen.

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  3. We'd like to confirm our reservations.

    Ми б хотіли підтвердити бронювання.

    deWir möchten unsere Reservierung bestätigen.

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  4. I have a reservation for two nights.

    В мене бронювання на дві ночі.

    ruУ меня бронь на две ночи.

    deIch habe eine Reservierung für zwei Nächte.

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  5. I'd like to confirm my reservation for the 30th.

    Я хотів би підтвердити броню на 30 число.

    deIch möchte meine Reservierung für den Dreißigsten bestätigen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
act of withholding:
limiting qualification:
tract of land:
arrangement by which something is secured in advance:
Русский
By meaning 4
act of withholding:
limiting qualification:
tract of land:
arrangement by which something is secured in advance:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
act of withholding:
something withheld:
limiting qualification:
tract of land:

Origin

From Middle French reservation, equivalent to reserve + -ation.

From Middle French reservation, equivalent to reserve + -ation.

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Forms

plural: reservations
Singularreservation
Pluralreservations

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
advance arrangement:bookingB1
Close in meaning
  • a statement that limits or restricts some claim:qualification
  • a district that is reserved for particular purpose:reserve
  • the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group):booking
  • an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly:mental reservationarriere pensee

Word family

10 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • make a reservation
  • a reservation for
  • have a reservation
  • cancel our reservation
  • hotel reservations
  • make reservations

See also

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