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