{
    "term": "reserve",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a supply of something that is available to be used in the future or when it is needed",
            "sensetop": "reserve of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "cash/foreign currency reserves"
                },
                {
                    "text": "large oil and gas reserves"
                },
                {
                    "text": "reserve funds"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He discovered unexpected reserves of strength.",
                    "contextForm": "reserve of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country has the world's largest reserves of coal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has substantial reserves of capital."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "huge", "large"],
                "verb + reserve": ["have", "hold something in", "keep something in"],
                "reserve + verb": ["be available", "dwindle", "fall"],
                "reserve + noun": ["assets", "currency", "funds"],
                "preposition": ["in reserve", "reserve of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a piece of land that is a protected area for animals, plants, etc.",
            "labels": "North American English also",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a wildlife/forest reserve"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["The environment", "Hobbies"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["national", "bird", "forest"],
                "verb + reserve": ["create", "establish"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an area of land in the US that is kept separate for native North Americans to live in",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["national", "bird", "forest"],
                "verb + reserve": ["create", "establish"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the quality that somebody has when they do not talk easily to other people about their ideas, feelings, etc.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She found it difficult to make friends because of her natural reserve."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jaime always talked to people without reserve."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "reticence",
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deep", "natural"],
                "preposition": ["with reserve", "without reserve"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a feeling that you do not want to accept or agree to something, etc. until you are quite sure that it is all right to do so",
            "sensetop": "with reservewithout reserve",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Any contract should be treated with reserve until it has been checked.",
                    "contextForm": "with reserve"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She trusted him without reserve *(= completely)*.",
                    "contextForm": "without reserve"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deep", "natural"],
                "preposition": ["with reserve", "without reserve"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "an extra player who plays in a team when one of the other players is injured or not available to play",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + reserve": ["play in"],
                "reserve + noun": ["side", "team", "goalkeeper"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a team that is below the level of the main team",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + reserve": ["play in"],
                "reserve + noun": ["side", "team", "goalkeeper"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "an extra military force, etc. that is not part of a country’s regular forces, but is available to be used when needed",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Army Reserve"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the reserve police"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["air-force", "army", "marine"],
                "reserve + noun": ["army", "force", "police"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "the lowest price that somebody will accept for something, especially something that is sold at an auction",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The painting failed to reach to its reserve and was withdrawn from the sale."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "available to be used in the future or when needed",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The money was being **kept in reserve** for their retirement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "200 police officers were **held in reserve**."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzɜːv/",
                "audio": "re/reserve/reserve__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzɜːrv/",
                "audio": "re/reserve/reserve__us_4.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}