English Online Dictionary. What means preservation? What does preservation mean?
English
Etymology
From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + -ation.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɛz.əˈveɪ.ʃən/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌpɹez.əˈvæɪ.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
preservation (countable and uncountable, plural preservations)
- The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
- The state of being preserved, how something has survived.
Derived terms
- preservationist
- self-preservation