Meaning & use
conserve
To protect something from harm, loss, or waste, especially by using it carefully.
See it in a sentence
The community worked together to conserve water during the long summer drought.
Wildlife reserves were created to conserve endangered species and their habitats.
A note on using this word
Conserve emphasizes careful, ongoing management of a limited resource, while preserve often simply means keeping something unchanged.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
wastesquander
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