verb
- Hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency.
- usage: "they held back their applause in anticipation"
- synonyms: reserve
- Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause.
- usage: "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"
- synonyms: allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve
- Obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance.
- usage: "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's"
- synonyms: reserve
- Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance.
- usage: "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's"
adjective
- Set aside for the use of a particular person or party.
- Marked by self-restraint and reticence. "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion-Victoria Sackville-West
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