Definitions for reserved
rɪˈzɜrvdre·served

Princeton's WordNet(3.29 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. reservedadjective

   set aside for the use of a particular person or party

2. reservedadjective

   marked by self-restraint and reticence

   "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West

Wiktionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. reservedadjective

   Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.

   He was a quiet, reserved person.

2. reservedadjective

   Set aside for the use of a particular person or party.

   I'm sorry, sir, but these are reserved seats.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Reserved

   of Reserve

2. Reservedadjective

   kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater

3. Reservedadjective

   restrained from freedom in words or actions; backward, or cautious, in communicating one's thoughts and feelings; not free or frank

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Reserved

   rē-zėrvd′, adj. characterised by reserve: not free or frank in words or behaviour: shy: cold.—adv. Reser′vedly.—ns. Reser′vedness; Reser′ver.—Reserved case, a sin, the power to absolve from which is reserved to the pope, or his legate, &c.; Reserved list, formerly a list of officers on half-pay, who might be called upon in an emergency; Reserved power, a reservation made in deeds, &c.; Reserved powers (U.S.), powers pertaining to sovereignty, but not delegated to a representative body.

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1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of reserved in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of reserved in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of reserved in a Sentence

1. Emeasoba George:

   When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. That is to say, whenever you are challenged. You are expected to press on and never to give up. For, there is an uncommon reward for perseverance. And which is reserved to be reaped only by the indomitables. Guess what? the uncommon reward is nothing else but genuine success. Lest you forget, the patient dog always eats the fattest bone (mark you). -Emeasoba George

2. Rip Van Winkle:

   We didn't want to change the fundamental DNA of it, but we wanted to grow it and to expand it, because we had more time, more money, more resources, we could give ourselves more extravagant opportunities, like helicopter shots and drone shooting.... [ We could ] just allow ourselves to be a little less reserved, a little bolder in some ways... The goal was to make it feel like the same, but elevated and richer in the design.

3. Ranveer Singh:

   Zoya kind of very literally and metaphorically peels away all of those layers to kind of tap into a very real, very authentic side of me ... a little bit more quiet, more reserved, more introverted and more internally feeling sensitive, vulnerable.

4. Mwanandeke Kindembo:

   The VIP places in heaven are only reserved for the religious leaders and founders.

5. Nichelle Tramble Spellman:

   I do understand their concern, i wish their concern had been reserved to the night of the premiere, on HBO, on Sunday night, when they watched an hour of television as to whether or not we succeeded in what we set out to do.

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