Meanings
nounconservation (countable and uncountable, plural conservations)
plural conservations
- countableuncountableThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
- countableuncountableWise use of natural resources.
“My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up.[…]You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year. …”
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad - countableuncountablebiologyThe discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
- countableuncountablebiologyGenes 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
- countableuncountablecultureThe protection and care of cultural heritage, including artwork and architecture, as well as historical and archaeological artifacts
- countableuncountablenatural scienceslack of change in a measurable property of an isolated physical system (conservation of energy, mass, momentum, electric charge, subatomic particles, and fundamental symmetries)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change
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Origin
From Old French. By surface analysis, conserve + -ation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian опазване, съхраняване
- опазване (opazvane)The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- съхраняване (săhranjavane)The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- консервация (konservacija)The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
Catalan conservació
- conservacióThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
Chinese Mandarin 保存, 保護 /保护
- 保存 (bǎocún)The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- 保護 /保护 (bǎohù)A wise use of natural resources
Czech zachování, konzervace
- zachováníThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- konzervaceThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
Danish bevaring
- bevaringThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
Dutch bewaren, conserveren
- bewarenThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- conserverenThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- natuurbeschermingA wise use of natural resources
Esperanto konservado
- konservadoThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
Finnish suojelu, säilytys
- suojeluThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- säilytysThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- säilyttäminenThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- ympäristönsuojeluA wise use of natural resources
- luonnonsuojeluA wise use of natural resources
French préservation, défense
- préservationThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- défenseA wise use of natural resources
- préservationA wise use of natural resources
- conservation(biology) gene sequences or structures that are not changed in evolution
German Erhaltung, Konservierung
- ErhaltungThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- KonservierungThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- BewahrungThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- ErhaltThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- MusealisierungThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- SchutzA wise use of natural resources
- UmweltschutzA wise use of natural resources
- UnterschutzstellungA wise use of natural resources
- BewahrungA wise use of natural resources
- ErhaltA wise use of natural resources
- ErhaltungA wise use of natural resources
- EinsparungA wise use of natural resources
Greek διατήρηση
- διατήρηση (diatírisi)The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
Hebrew שימור
- שימור (shimur)The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
Hungarian megőrzés, természetvédelem
- megőrzésThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- természetvédelemthe discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
Indonesian konservasi
- konservasiThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
Italian conservazione
- conservazione(biology) gene sequences or structures that are not changed in evolution
Japanese 保存, 節約
- 保存 (hozon)The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- 節約 (setsuyaku)A wise use of natural resources
- 保護 (hogo)A wise use of natural resources
Korean 보존
- 보존 (bojon)The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
Malay pemuliharaan
- pemuliharaanThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
Norwegian Bokmål bevaring, naturvern
- bevaringThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- naturvernthe discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
Polish konserwacja
- konserwacjaThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
Portuguese conservação, conservação
- conservaçãoThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- conservação(biology) gene sequences or structures that are not changed in evolution
Romanian conservare, prezervare
- conservareThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- prezervareA wise use of natural resources
- apărareA wise use of natural resources
Russian сохране́ние, консерва́ция
- сохране́ние (soxranénije)The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- консерва́ция (konservácija)The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- сохране́ние (soxranénije)A wise use of natural resources
- охра́на (oxrána)A wise use of natural resources
- защи́та (zaščíta)A wise use of natural resources
- охра́на приро́ды (oxrána priródy)the discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
Spanish conservación, criamiento
- conservaciónThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- criamientoThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- conservación(biology) gene sequences or structures that are not changed in evolution
Swedish bevarande
- bevarandeThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
Tagalog satinggal, satinggal
- satinggalThe act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- satinggalthe discipline concerned with protection of biodiversity, the environment, and natural resources
Ukrainian збере́ження, консерва́ція
- збере́ження (zberéžennja)The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
- консерва́ція (konservácija)The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with conservation
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
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Cite this entry
APA
conservation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conservation
MLA
“conservation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conservation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conservation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conservation.
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