Reserve, Preserve, and Conserve

2023-02-11

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  • Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about the difference between reserve, preserve, and conserve.
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  • Dear VOA Learning English,
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  • I have been learning English for more than twenty years, but my English is still just okay.
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  • I have many difficult words to understand. For example: reserve and preserve.
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  • Please let me know the difference between these words.
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  • Many thanks,
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  • Mei from China.
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  • Dear Mei,
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  • Thanks for your note.
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  • These words share similar meanings and sounds.
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  • That makes it hard to remember which is which.
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  • I will add a third word, "conserve" so that we understand all the differences between these terms.
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  • Let's start with "reserve."
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  • Reserve can be a verb or a noun.
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  • As a verb it means to store for future use.
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  • Please call the restaurant and reserve a table for Saturday.
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  • Emily reserved two books from the library.
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  • As a noun, "reserve" means a supply of goods or materials.
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  • It is often used in plural form.
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  • The government says it has only $25 million in usable foreign reserves.
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  • "Reserve" as a noun also means a place where wildlife is protected.
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  • Many national parks and forests in the US are nature reserves.
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  • And lastly, as an uncountable noun, "reserve" means the act of keeping one's feelings hidden.
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  • The dancer's reserve disappeared when the music started.
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  • "Preserve" as a verb means to protect something from change.
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  • The glass case helps preserve the pictures of her ancestors.
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  • Ed used a canning process to preserve tomatoes from the harvest.
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  • And, like reserve, a preserve can also mean a place of protection for wildlife.
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  • To "conserve" means to protect something from harm, destruction, loss, or change.
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  • We conserved on energy use by putting in new windows.
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  • Conserve also means to use little of a natural resource.
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  • To conserve water, you should turn off the faucet when brushing your teeth.
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  • And conserve can also be a noun.
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  • It means a sweet food made by preserving fruit with sugar.
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  • Please let us know if these explanations and examples are helpful.
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  • We have more in reserve, if needed!
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  • What question do you have about American English? Send us an email at learningenglish@voanews.com
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  • And that's Ask a Teacher.
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  • I'm Faith Pirlo.
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  • Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question about the difference between reserve, preserve, and conserve.
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  • Question:
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  • Dear VOA Learning English,
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  • I have been learning English for more than twenty years, but my English is still just okay. I have many difficult words to understand. For example: reserve and preserve.
  • 5
  • Please let me know the difference between these words.
  • 6
  • Many thanks,
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  • Mei from China.
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  • Answer
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  • Dear Mei,
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  • Thanks for your note. These words share similar meanings and sounds. That makes it hard to remember which is which. I will add a third word, "conserve" so that we understand all the differences between these terms. Let's start with "reserve."
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  • Reserve
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  • Reserve can be a verb or a noun. As a verb it means to store for future use.
  • 13
  • Please call the restaurant and reserve a table for Saturday.
  • 14
  • Emily reserved two books from the library.
  • 15
  • As a noun, "reserve" means a supply of goods or materials. It is often used in plural form.
  • 16
  • The government says it has only $25 million in usable foreign reserves.
  • 17
  • "Reserve" as a noun also means a place where wildlife is protected.
  • 18
  • Many national parks and forests in the US are nature reserves.
  • 19
  • And lastly, as an uncountable noun, "reserve" means the act of keeping one's feelings hidden.
  • 20
  • The dancer's reserve disappeared when the music started.
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  • Preserve
  • 22
  • "Preserve" as a verb means to protect something from change.
  • 23
  • The glass case helps preserve the pictures of her ancestors.
  • 24
  • Ed used a canning process to preserve tomatoes from the harvest.
  • 25
  • And, like reserve, a preserve can also mean a place of protection for wildlife.
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  • Conserve
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  • To "conserve" means to protect something from harm, destruction, loss, or change.
  • 28
  • We conserved on energy use by putting in new windows.
  • 29
  • Conserve also means to use little of a natural resource.
  • 30
  • To conserve water, you should turn off the faucet when brushing your teeth.
  • 31
  • And conserve can also be a noun. It means a sweet food made by preserving fruit with sugar.
  • 32
  • Please let us know if these explanations and examples are helpful. We have more in reserve, if needed!
  • 33
  • What question do you have about American English? Send us an email at learningenglish@voanews.com
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  • And that's Ask a Teacher.
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  • I'm Faith Pirlo.
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  • Faith Pirlo wrote this lesson for VOA Learning English.
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  • faucet - n. a device that is used to control the flow of water from a pipe
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