conservation
//ˌkɑnsə(ɹ)ˈveɪʃən//
formalForms
- Plural
- conservations
Definitions
1.The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
2.Wise use of natural resources.
3.The discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
4.Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3971
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Old French.
By surface analysis, conserve + -ation.