reservation
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4.8
- noun
- /ˌrɛzərˈveɪʃən/
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duda
- I have serious reservations regarding his film adaptation.
- express reservations
- serious reservations
- reservations and concerns
I have serious reservations regarding his film adaptation.
- I have serious reservations regarding his film adaptation.
- And he says employ these and these two, but lightly and with reservations and without straining.
- So I have probably more reservations about Caitlin.
- But as Billy Graham once said, people don't have intellectual reservations about being Christians.
- He has no reservations, qualms, caveats.
- It is not binding and each side can express its reservations.
- OK, so I initially have some reservations.
- They will have no reservation to just be bluntly, you know, sorry, I don't agree with that.
- And with that said, if you have some kind of weird reservations and anger towards me for doing this, don't bother.
- And if if I express reservations and I use qualifiers, I think this is the case but I'm not sure.
- Do you have reservations about either getting married again or totally combining finances again?
- She only said the only thing she said was that she has deep reservations about what's going on as far as self identification is concerned.
- He's, he had no, he had no reservation with that, with letting me win.
- I I have no moral reservation about democracy for the simple reason that Winston Churchill cited.
- So we use the term jihad with some reservations.
Examples
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However, the participants did seem to have certain reservations and concerns about the delivery of those courses.
Academic text (2011) -
Many of the candidates also expressed reservations about intruding on family privacy.
Academic text (2012) -
So those were a lot of my reservations early on.
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And if you have any reservations about doing it, that should answer your question.
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We had reservations about each other.
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Students found it generally acceptable as well, though with some reservations regarding certain aspects of the procedure.
Academic text (2015) -
Even some senior Chinese officials have reservations about the prospects for a green Olympics.
Academic text (2008) -
They had reservations about letting Hank go at all.
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And I have many reservations about French politics, but southern France is one of the nicest places I've ever been.
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When considering the new policy, I expressed my reservations about its potential impact on the environment.
Synonyms
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1.6
A feeling of not being sure about something
∞
2.7
A feeling of doubt about whether something is true
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4.0
Not being sure about what will happen or what to do
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2.8
A short pause before you speak or act because you feel unsure
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5.9
A feeling of doubt or worry about whether something will turn out well
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3.4
Not able to make a choice quickly or with confidence
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4.2
A short pause before you act because you are not sure
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5.3
A short pause before doing or saying something because you feel unsure
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7.0
A feeling of being unsure and slow to decide
A secret doubt that stops you agreeing fully
A feeling of not being sure about something
A feeling of doubt or low confidence
Not being able to make firm decisions
Antonyms
Compounds
How Doubtful
Surface Forms
Morphology
reservation = reserve (semi-transparent) = reserve + ation
Nominalization of 'reserve' but extended to mean a hesitation or doubt rather than a concrete act, so inference is plausible but not fully straightforward.
Etymology
Reservation comes from Latin re- 'back' and servare 'to keep', and it also carries the idea of 'holding back'. So a reservation about something is a doubt or hesitation you keep inside.