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preservation
Found in thesaurus: protection, status, condition, biological process, organic process, betterment, improvement, advance
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preservation
n.
protection, act of safeguarding, conservation, act of saving from damage or harm
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Preservation
Preservation may refer to:
- Heritage preservation:
- Historic preservation, of buildings, monuments, etc.
- Preservation (library and archival science), of books, recordings, etc.
- Digital preservation, of digitized and born-digital information
- Conservation (ethic), of the natural environment
- Conservation-restoration, of artworks
- Preservative, chemical to hinder deterioration of food, wood, etc.
- Self-preservation, part of an animal's fundamental instinct which demands that the organism survive
- Case preservation, when computer storage preserves the distinction between upper and lower case
- , albums by The Kinks
- Preservation Hall, jazz venue in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Preservation Island Group, Tasmania, Australia:
- Assurance (theology), an aspect of Salvation
- Preservation (magazine), published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Preservation (2003 film), a 2003 Australian film
- Preservation (2014 film), a 2014 horror thriller film
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preservation
Noun
1. the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
(synonym) saving
(hypernym) protection
(hyponym) environmentalism
(derivation) keep, preserve
2. the condition of being (well or ill) preserved
(hypernym) condition, status
(derivation) continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve
3. a process that saves organic substances from decay
(hypernym) process
(hyponym) fixation, fixing
4. an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
(synonym) conservation
(hypernym) improvement, betterment, advance
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préservation
nf.
conservation, preservation
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preservation
Rzecz.
ochrona; utrzymywanie
