Synonym: conserve, defend, guard, harbor, keep, maintain, protect, reserve, retain, save, screen, shelter, shield, support, sustain, uphold. Antonym: prove. Similar words: reserve, reservation, serve, observe, serve as, observer, represent, at present. Meaning: [prɪ'zɜrv /-'zɜːv] 
n. 1. a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone 2. a reservation where animals are protected 3. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar. v. 1. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last 2. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction 3. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use 4. prevent (food) from rotting 5. maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger 6. keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing.
n. 1. a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone 2. a reservation where animals are protected 3. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar. v. 1. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last 2. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction 3. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use 4. prevent (food) from rotting 5. maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger 6. keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing. 
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151. The legitimate pursuit of competing interests can balance and preserve social and organisational arrangements.
152. The purpose of the planning department is to control local development to preserve the aesthetic appearance of the region.
153. But just when he was thinking it was his exclusive preserve, along came Monty.
154. One of BirdLife's tasks will be to identify and preserve sites that are of critical importance to bird diversity.
155. Its purpose, they claimed(sentencedict.com/preserve.html), was to preserve the area from vandalism and commercial enterprise!
156. Small countries if they wish to preserve their national heritage have something serious to worry about.
157. But the great condor, sulking on some remote ledge in the fastnesses of its preserve, fails to appear.
158. The body was thoroughly examined by physicians, who declared that no chemicals had been used to preserve it.
159. Even more important, this would preserve the number of fish left in the sea to breed for the next season.
160. It seems germane, although not particularly gracious, to ask why Huckelberry didn't try to preserve the entire ranch.
161. Lightly dust flowers with borax powder to preserve colour better.
162. Pickling is a very old technique that was used to preserve game birds before refrigeration was widely available.
163. A woman who fought her way to the top of a liberation movement which traditionally had been the preserve mainly of men.
164. The ability of the teams to preserve space for the development role could not be assessed unless their work was closely monitored.
165. The first priority is to preserve the dignity of the palaces.
166. The students might not have done well enough to preserve the 80 average that guaranteed senior college admission.
167. How are we going to take care of them, preserve their dignity?
168. After the three hour charge-up, the pack is automatically switched over to normal charging, to preserve the battery life.
169. Where affection is the preserve of family and friends, status is more the preserve of the wider peer group or community.
170. The function of this sentiment is likewise to preserve the autonomy of science ....
171. I know that it is unnecessary to rip animals to pieces to preserve the balance of nature.
172. Recycling paper and cans is one easy way to preserve the environment.
173. Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell. Louisa May Alcott 
174. It is our duty to preserve our culture for future generations.
175. To preserve nonuse will require policies more ambitious and comprehensive than the obsolete bipolar deterrence strategy.
176. This underlying biologism allows them to preserve traditional concepts of gender.
177. The admissions policy adopted by the school was designed to preserve the character of the school as a Roman Catholic school.
178. Netscape is betting that the impressive new features of Navigator Version 2 will preserve their position as a leading Internet software company.
179. It replaces traditional drawing abilities yet it can preserve the centuries of craft skills built up by shoemakers.
180. Such a projection does not in general preserve causal relations.
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