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Conserve Conserving Verb Supply Carefully Lasts Long Time

word conserve
definition
verb
If you conserve a supply of something, you use it carefully so that it lasts for a long time.
The republic's factories have closed for the weekend to conserve energy.
To conserve something means to protect it from harm, loss, or change.
...a big increase in U.S. aid to help developing countries conserve their forests.
...the Government-funded body responsible for conserving historic buildings.
noun
Conserve is jam containing a large proportion of fruit, usually in whole pieces.
inflections conservesconservingconserved
cefr-level C1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1

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