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English noun: preservation | |||
| 1. | preservation (act) the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | ||
| Synonyms | saving | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | protection | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | conservation, environmentalism, immobilisation, immobilization, reservation, self-preservation | ||
| 2. | preservation (state) the condition of being (well or ill) preserved | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | condition, status | ||
| 3. | preservation (process) a process that saves organic substances from decay | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | biological process, organic process | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | embalmment, fixation, fixing, infrigidation, plastination, refrigeration | ||
| 4. | preservation (event) an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change | ||
| Synonyms | conservation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | advance, betterment, improvement | ||
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