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in reserve en · ADP

Meanings

  1. Stored and set aside for possible (future) use; spoken for.
    • Near-synonyms: reserve, reserved, reservedly; held back; spare, backup; up one's sleeve, on ice, saved up, stored up, stored away
    • to hold [something] in reserve
    • They still have forces in reserve.
    • In 1915, concurrent with the L.S.W.R. electrification, power was supplied from the Waterloo sub-station, and the old equipment held in reserve. Some generator sets were removed, and motor generators installed for standby lighting and other services. 1958 August 14, T. S. Lascelles, “Diamond Jubilee of the Waterloo & City Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 523:
    • The Schynige Platte Railway carries on its traffic with no more than four electric locomotives (with one steam locomotive in reserve). 1960 December, 'Voyageur', “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 755:
    • [something] is held in reserve

Relateds

conserved · in store · preserved

Synonyms

stored away · reservedly · reserved · up one's sleeve · held back · on ice · spare · backup · stored up · reserve · saved up

Translations (11)

ro în rezervă (set aside for future use) · pl w zanadrzu (set aside for future use) · ota یدك (set aside for future use) · de auf Reserve (set aside for future use) · it di riserva (set aside for future use) · fr de réserve (set aside for future use) · fr en réserve (set aside for future use) · de in Reserve (set aside for future use) · fi varalla (set aside for future use) · es de reserva (set aside for future use) · pl w rękawie (set aside for future use)