reserved
adjUS /ɹɪˈzɝvd/ · UK /ɹɪˈzɜːvd/
1
Self-restrained in the expression of emotions or opinions.
- Near-synonyms: taciturn, untalkative; see also Thesaurus:taciturn
- He was a quiet, reserved person.
1 more example
- 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"; [...].1942 July-August, Chas. S. Lake, “Some C.M.Es. I Have Known: II—C. J. Bowen Cooke”, in Railway Magazine, page 223:
2
Set aside for a particular person or purpose; spoken for.
- Near-synonyms: allocated, assigned, dedicated
- I'm sorry, sir, but these are reserved seats.
2 more examples
- A special reserved enclosure with sandbags and a corrugated iron roof was set aside for three members of the Royal Family.1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed:
- 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.2024 July 24, Christian Wolmar, “Overcrowded trains... and inconvenience for passengers”, in RAIL, number 1014, page 44:
- Derived terms
- all rights reserved, nonreserved, no rights reserved, reserved bus lane, reserved case, reserved list, reservedly, reservedness, reserved powers, reserved track, reserved word, some rights reserved, underreserved, unreserved
- Related terms
- shy