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preservations

preservations is the plural of preservation.

Meaning of preservation

Noun

preservation (countable and uncountable, plural preservations)

  1. The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill.
    • Every seneseless thing by nature's light
      Doth preservation seek, destruction shunc. 1600, Sir John Davies, The Original, Nature, and Immortality of the Soul
  2. The state of being preserved, how something has survived.
    • The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation.1886 January, The Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past, volume XIII, number 73, page 135

Questions about preservations

What is preservations the plural of?
Preservations is the plural of preservation.

Words near preservations in the dictionary

  1. Preservation Bay
  2. preservational
  3. preservationism
  4. preservationist
  5. preservationists
  6. preservations
  7. preservatise
  8. preservative
  9. preservatives
  10. preservatize
  11. preservatories

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