conservation

conservation
01. Water [conservation] is essential during the summer months.
02. We must [conserve] our forests if we want there to be logging jobs for our children and grandchildren.
03. We'll have to be [conservative] in our spending if we want to make our money last.
04. The people in this office dress quite [conservatively], so I don't think you should really wear those old jeans to work anymore.
05. The [conservation] of our fish stocks is critical to our economic future here in this state.
06. The new police chief has very [conservative] views, and is expected to be a real hard-liner.
07. We have to make sure we turn off the lights when we're not in the room in order to [conserve] electricity.
08. Political [conservatives] tend to argue that inequality is the result of human nature.
09. Mort Sahl once joked that a [conservative] is someone who believes in reform - but not now.
10. Martin Luther King Jr. once remarked that when you are right, you cannot be too radical, but when you are wrong, you cannot be too [conservative].
11. Dolphins jump out of the water to [conserve] energy; it is easier to move through the air than through the water.
12. Eighteen national parks have been established in Zambia to [conserve] different ecosystems and their wildlife.
13. Ariel Durant once suggested that the [conservative] who resists change is as valuable as the radical who proposes it.
14. In December of 1973, the British government introduced a three-day work week in order to [conserve] energy during a miners' strike.
15. Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, and other nations of Asia and the Pacific are making substantial commitments to [conserving] their natural resources.
16. If we can [conserve] the broadest variety of the world's habitats, we will conserve the life within these places.
17. Saudi Arabia has been described as a [conservative] country founded on Islamic religous and cultural values.
18. In the summer time, we all need to [conserve] water.
19. The church music of Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina captures the essence of the sober, [conservative] aspect of his era.
20. Musical innovations in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries strongly affected the previously [conservative] category of sacred music.
21. Her parents are quite [conservative] so I don't think they'll be happy when they find out she is going to get an apartment with her boyfriend.
22. My grandparents are very [conservative] and don't believe that women should have a job after they get married.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • conservation — [ kɔ̃sɛrvasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • fin XIIIe; lat. conservatio 1 ♦ Action de conserver, de maintenir intact ou dans le même état. ⇒ entretien, 1. garde, maintien, préservation, protection, 1. sauvegarde. Être chargé de la conservation d un monument.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Conservation — may refer to: Conservation movement, to protect animals, fungi, plants and their habitats Conservation biology, the science of the protection and management of biodiversity Conservation genetics an interdisciplinary science that aims to apply… …   Wikipedia

  • conservation — CONSERVATION. s. f. Action par laquelle une chose, une personne est conservée, ou l effet de cette action. Ayez soin de la conservation de ces fruits. La conservation de quelque chose. Chacun a soin de sa conservation. J ai fait cela pour votre… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Conservation — Con ser*va tion, n. [L. conservatio: cf. F. conservation.] The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation. [1913 Webster] A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • conservation — UK US /ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃən/ noun [U] ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ► the process of using water, gas, electricity, etc. carefully in order not to waste it: »The main objectives are the conservation of materials and energy in support of the… …   Financial and business terms

  • conservation — I noun economy, fostering, guarding, harboring, keeping, maintaining, maintenance, nourishing, nursing, preservation, preserving, protecting, protection, providing sanctuary, safeguarding, safekeeping, saving, sheltering, shielding, sparing,… …   Law dictionary

  • Conservation — (v. lat.), 1) Aufbewahrung; 2) Erhaltung bei Kraft etc. Daher Conservationsbrille, s. u. Brille; Conservationshaus, so v. w. Conservatorium 2) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Conservation — Conservation, lat., Aufbewahrung, Erhaltung; conservativ, erhaltend. Als politischer Namen bezeichnet Conservativer einen Mann, der an dem gesetzlich Bestehenden festhält und nur in eine gesetzliche Abänderung desselben einwilligt; er ist der… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • conservation — late 14c., conservacioun, preservation of one s health and soundness, from L. conservationem (nom. conservatio) a keeping, preserving, conserving, noun of action from conservare (see CONSERVE (Cf. conserve)). Meaning preservation of existing… …   Etymology dictionary

  • conservation — conservational, adj. /kon seuhr vay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of conserving; prevention of injury, decay, waste, or loss; preservation: conservation of wildlife; conservation of human rights. 2. official supervision of rivers, forests, and other… …   Universalium

  • conservation — (kon sèr va sion ; en poésie, de cinq syllabes) s. f. 1°   Action de conserver, de maintenir intact ou dans le même état. Veiller à la conservation d un monument, de ses droits. •   Dieu qui rapporte tous ses conseils à la conservation de sa… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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