to conserve
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3.4
- verb
- /kənˈsɜrv/
- We need to conserve our energy for the final battle.
- conserve resources
- conserve energy
- conserve water
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Watch on YouTubeSave your money, protect yourself, conserve, don't spend, don't take risk.
- Save your money, protect yourself, conserve, don't spend, don't take risk.
- This we is what conservatives should try to conserve, in Scruton's opinion.
- What constitutional or limited government values have you conserved?
- Always looking for kind of ways to conserve or even better ways to get something for free.
- There's actually a lot more to household management than just making or conserving money.
- It's just furthering our industry, conserving our fishery and teaching people how to get hooked on fishing.
- The hero cultivator conserves his strength while forging ahead, but has augmented the fatigue of the lazy.
- When is a painting too far gone and beyond the ability of the conservator to, well, conserve it?
- But but evolution is very is very much there to conserve our our body weight, our reserves of fat, our muscles.
- So we have national parks because of Teddy Roosevelt is a Republican, and he put them aside on the grounds that we needed to conserve.
- It might be to conserve a flower's scent, to protect their nectar, to keep pollen dry, or some other reason.
Examples
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To support sustainability, it is important to conserve natural resources.
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Conserve your energy.
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The church has to conserve its resources.
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Hey, they told us to conserve water.
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You know, if I put in a wall right over here, that will help to conserve the heat.
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We all need to conserve power at a scale never attempted before.
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Conserve power.
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We need to conserve water during the drought to ensure everyone has enough.
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By using energy-efficient appliances, we can conserve electricity and save money.
Synonyms
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To keep people and things safe from harm or change
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Use less of something to avoid waste
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5.0
Use money or resources carefully to avoid waste
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8.1
To use money or supplies carefully so they last longer
Antonyms
How Protected
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∞
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4.0
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3.1
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Conserve comes from Latin parts con- ('together') and servare ('to keep'). So to conserve nature or water is to 'keep' it safe and not waste it.