conservation
pronunciation
How to pronounce conservation in British English:
UK [ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃn]
How to pronounce conservation in American English:
US [ˌkɑːnsərˈveɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
- the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources
- (physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations
Word Origin
- conservation (n.)
- late 14c., conservacioun, "preservation of one's health and soundness," from Latin conservationem (nominative conservatio) "a keeping, preserving, conserving," noun of action from past participle stem of conservare (see conserve). Meaning "preservation of existing conditions" in any sense is from mid-15c. Since late 15c., in reference to English municipal authorities who had charge of rivers, sewers, forests, fisheries, etc. Specifically of the environment from 1922.
Example
- 1. Resource conservation and recycling measures must also be encouraged .
- 2. If greenhouse-gas emissions rise faster than planned , says mrs merkel , conservation will have to improve .
- 3. These symmetries are inextricably linked to the laws of the universe , such as the conservation of momentum and energy .
- 4. It is a conservation success story .
- 5. Miscalculations like these hinder conservation efforts .