What does reserved mean?
Reserved means simple past and past participle of reserve.
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/ɹɪˈzɝvd/ · verb
simple past and past participle of reserve.
He was a quiet, reserved person.
Before I met Mr. Bowen Cooke I had been given to understand that he was of a reserved nature, and on occasion could be a "bit of a martinet"; [...].
Near-synonyms: allocated, assigned, dedicated
I'm sorry, sir, but these are reserved seats.
A special reserved enclosure with sandbags and a corrugated iron roof was set aside for three members of the Royal Family.
The LNER website, for example, tries to stop people buying off-peak tickets for services that the company reckons are full, even though there is nothing to prevent people without a seat reservation from getting on a particular service. Indeed, I did so recently on the Inverness midday train, which is a superb service to York, and inevitably there were plenty of reserved seats where the passengers had not turned up.
Use reserved when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Reserved means simple past and past participle of reserve.
Common synonyms include remote, standoffish, aloof, cool.
Possible antonyms include unreserved.
He was a quiet, reserved person.
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