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conservation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌkɑnsə(ɹ)ˈveɪʃən/

Etymology

From Old French. By surface analysis, conserve + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
2. (countable, uncountable) Wise use of natural resources.
   • “My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up.[…]You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year. …” 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
3. (countable, uncountable) The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
4. (countable, uncountable) Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor
5. (countable, qualifier:culture, uncountable) The protection and care of cultural heritage, including artwork and architecture, as well as historical and archaeological artifacts
6. (countable, uncountable) lack of change in a measurable property of an isolated physical system (conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, and fundamental symmetries)

Forms

Deriveds

conservational · conservationist · nonconservation · soil conservation · geoconservation · cryoconservation · reconservation · microconservation · hyperconservation · ultraconservation · law of conservation of mass · conservation law · neuroconservation · conservation of energy · conservation biology · conservation of mass · proconservation · anticonservationist · anticonservation · conservationism

Translations (82)

fi säilytys (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · es conservación ((biology) gene sequences or structures that are not changed in evolution) · de Naturschutz (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources) · ja 節約 (A wise use of natural resources) · cmn 保存 (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · eo konservado (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · tl satinggal (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · fi säilyttäminen (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · fi ympäristönsuojelu (A wise use of natural resources) · el διατήρηση (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · pl konserwacja (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · ca conservació (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · de Erhaltung (A wise use of natural resources) · de Schutz (A wise use of natural resources) · bg консервация (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · hu megőrzés (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · ro conservare (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · lo ການອະນຸລັກ (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · ru сохране́ние (A wise use of natural resources) · pt conservação (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · de Unterschutzstellung (A wise use of natural resources) · ru охра́на приро́ды (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources) · nl natuurbescherming (A wise use of natural resources) · uk консерва́ція (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · de Bewahrung (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · ja 保護 (A wise use of natural resources) · fr défense (A wise use of natural resources) · nl bewaren (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · sea puleh perei (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · hy բնապահպանություն (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources) · de Bewahrung (A wise use of natural resources) · id konservasi (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · hy պահպանում (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · de Schonung (A wise use of natural resources) · da bevaring (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · ja 保存 (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · de Konservierung (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · hy կոնսերվացում (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · de Einsparung (A wise use of natural resources) · fr préservation (A wise use of natural resources) · de Musealisierung (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · fr conservation ((biology) gene sequences or structures that are not changed in evolution) · nn bevaring (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · hu természetvédelem (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources) · bg опазване (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · es criamiento (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · de Erhalt (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · de Artenschutz (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources) · ms pemuliharaan (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · de Ressourcenschonung (A wise use of natural resources) · uk збере́ження (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · ko 보존 (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · ru защи́та (A wise use of natural resources) · tl satinggal (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources) · ro apărare (A wise use of natural resources) · nb naturvern (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources) · sv bevarande (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · nb bevaring (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · cmn 保護 /保护 (A wise use of natural resources) · de Ressourcenschutz (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources) · de Erhalt (A wise use of natural resources) · ml സംരക്ഷണം (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · kk сақтау (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · cs konzervace (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · ru сохране́ние (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · bg съхраняване (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · es conservación (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · it conservazione ((biology) gene sequences or structures that are not changed in evolution) · cs zachování (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · pt conservação ((biology) gene sequences or structures that are not changed in evolution) · ru охра́на (A wise use of natural resources) · fr préservation (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · nl conserveren (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · fi suojelu (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · fi luonnonsuojelu (A wise use of natural resources) · nn naturvern (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources) · de Erhaltung (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · de Umweltschutz (the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources) · he שימור (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · ru консерва́ция (The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting) · ro prezervare (A wise use of natural resources) · de Umweltschutz (A wise use of natural resources)