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re·served

(rĭ-zûrvd′)

adj.

1. Designated as unavailable except for a certain purpose or user; kept in reserve: a row of reserved seats near the stage.

2. Given to or marked by self-restraint and reticence: a reserved person.

re·serv′ed·ly (-zûr′vĭd-lē) adv.

re·serv′ed·ness n.

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reserved

(rɪˈzɜːvd)

adj

1. set aside for use by a particular person or people: this table is reserved.

2. cool or formal in manner; restrained, silent, or reticent

3. destined; fated: reserved for great things.

4. (Parliamentary Procedure) referring to matters that are the responsibility of the national parliament rather than a devolved regional assembly: defence is a reserved issue.

reservedly adv

reˈservedness n

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re•served

(rɪˈzɜrvd)

adj.

1. set apart for someone or some particular use or purpose.

2. avoiding familiarity or intimacy with others; formal or self-restrained.

3. characterized by reserve: reserved comments.

[1425–75]

re•serv′ed•ly, adv.

re•serv′ed•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	reserved - set aside for the use of a particular person or party unreserved - not reserved
	2.	reserved - marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West backward - (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature; "a backward lover" undemonstrative - not given to open expression of emotion inhibited - held back or restrained or prevented; "in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear" restrained - under restraint unreserved - not cautious or reticent; "unreserved behavior"

reserved

adjective

1. uncommunicative, cold, cool, retiring, formal, silent, modest, shy, cautious, restrained, secretive, aloof, reticent, prim, demure, taciturn, unresponsive, unapproachable, unsociable, undemonstrative, standoffish, close-mouthed, unforthcoming He was unemotional and reserved.
uncommunicative open, forward, warm, ardent, sociable, uninhibited, demonstrative, unreserved

2. set aside, taken, kept, held, booked, retained, engaged, restricted, spoken for Three coaches were reserved for us boys.

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reserved

adjective

1. Not total, unlimited, or wholehearted:

limited, modified, qualified, restricted.

2. Tending to keep one's thoughts and emotions to oneself:

controlled, inhibited, noncommittal, restrained, self-controlled, self-restrained.

3. Not friendly, sociable, or warm in manner:

aloof, chill, chilly, cool, distant, offish, remote, reticent, solitary, standoffish, unapproachable, uncommunicative, undemonstrative, withdrawn.

4. Not speaking freely or openly:

close, close-mouthed, incommunicable, incommunicative, reticent, silent, taciturn, tightlipped, uncommunicable, uncommunicative.

Translations

مُتَحَفِّظمَحْجوز

odměřenýrezervovanýzdrženlivý

reserverettilbageholdende

zurückhaltend

κλεισμένος

reservado cerrado

pidättyväinenvarattuvarautunut

réservé réserve

nepristupačan

zárkózott

hlédrægur

riservato poco comunicativo prenotato

控えめの

예약되어 있는

reserverad

ไม่แสดงอารมณ์และความรู้สึก

ayrılmış çekingen

kín đáo

含蓄的沉默的矜持的

reserved

[rɪˈzɜːvd] ADJ [person, behaviour, room, table, seat] → reservado
to be reserved about sth → ser reservado acerca de algo

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reserved

[rɪˈzɜː^rvd] adj

(= booked) [seat, table] → réservé(e)
I'm sorry, that seat is reserved → Je suis désolé, cette place est réservée.

[person, manner] → réservé(e)
He's quite reserved → Il est assez réservé.

(British) (POLITICS) en Grande-Bretagne, qualifie un domaine pour lequel le pouvoir décisionnel est resté entre les mains du parlement de Westminster plutôt que d'avoir été dévolu au parlement écossaisreserve price n (British) → prix m de réservereserve team n (British) (SPORT) → équipe f réserve

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reserved

adj

(= reticent) → zurückhaltend, reserviert (→ about in Bezug auf +acc)

room, seat → reserviert, belegt

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reserved

[rɪˈzɜːvd] adj (booked, YYY, table, seat) → prenotato/a, riservato/a; (shy) → riservato/a

reserve

(rəˈzəːv) verb

1. to ask for or order to be kept for the use of a particular person, often oneself. The restaurant is busy on Saturdays, so I'll phone up today and reserve a table.

2. to keep for the use of a particular person or group of people, or for a particular use. These seats are reserved for the committee members.

noun

1. something which is kept for later use or for use when needed. The farmer kept a reserve of food in case he was cut off by floods.

2. a piece of land used for a special purpose eg for the protection of animals. a wild-life reserve; a nature reserve.

3. the habit of not saying very much, not showing what one is feeling, thinking etc; shyness.

4. (often in plural) soldiers, sailors etc who do not belong to the regular full-time army, navy etc but who are called into action when needed eg during a war.

ˌreserˈvation (rezə-) noun

1. the act of reserving. the reservation of a room.

2. something (eg a table in a restaurant) which has been reserved. Have you a reservation, Sir?

3. a doubt.

4. a piece of land set aside for a particular purpose. an Indian reservation in the United States.

reˈserved adjective

not saying very much; not showing what one is feeling, thinking etc. a reserved manner.

have/keep etc in reserve

to have or keep (something) in case or until it is needed. If you go to America please keep some money in reserve for your fare home.

reserved

→ مَحْجوز rezervovaný reserveret zurückhaltend κλεισμένος reservado pidättyväinen réservé nepristupačan riservato 控えめの 예약되어 있는 gereserveerd reservert zarezerwowany reservado сдержанный reserverad ไม่แสดงอารมณ์และความรู้สึก ayrılmış kín đáo 矜持的

reserved

a. reservado-a, [personality] reservado-a, callado-a.

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If any thing could be more, where all was most, she was more reserved on the subject of Weymouth and the Dixons than any thing.

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I have erred against every common-place notion of decorum; I have been open and sincere where I ought to have been reserved, spiritless, dull, and deceitful--had I talked only of the weather and the roads, and had I spoken only once in ten minutes, this reproach would have been spared."

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Francis Westwick would arrive in Venice on the next day; and would be obliged if Number Fourteen, on the first floor, could be reserved for him, in the event of its being vacant at the time.