preservation (noun)
1preservation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ building, railroad (AmE), railway (BrE), etc. ▪ environmental, wildlife ▪ farmland, wetland …
2preservation — ► NOUN 1) the action of preserving. 2) the state of being preserved, especially to a specified degree …
3preservation order — noun A legally binding directive ordering the preservation of a building deemed to be historically important • • • Main Entry: ↑preserve * * * preservation order UK US noun [countable] [singular preservation order …
4preservation — noun (U) 1 the act of keeping something unharmed or unchanged (+ of): The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order. 2 the degree to which something has remained unchanged or unharmed by weather, age etc: The old building is in …
5preservation — noun 1) wood preservation Syn: conservation, protection, care 2) the preservation of the status quo Syn: continuation, conservation, maintenance, upholding, sustaining, perpetuation 3) the p …
6preservation — noun 1) wood preservation Syn: conservation, protection, care 2) the preservation of the status quo Syn: continuation, conservation, maintenance, upholding, sustaining, perpetuation …
7preservation — noun /prɛˈzɜɹ.veɪ.ʃən/ The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill. Nature does not requireHer times of preservation, which, perforceI give my tendence to …
8preservation — I noun care, cherishing, conservatio, conservation, curing, custody, defense, eternization, freedom from danger, guardianship, guarding, immortalization, maintenance, nourishment, nurture, perpetuation, protection, protective custody,… …
9preservation — (n.) early 15c., preservacioun, from M.L. preservationem (nom. preservatio), noun of action from pp. stem of preservare (see PRESERVE (Cf. preserve) (v.)) …
10preservation — noun see preserve I …
