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    conservation

    nounBand 6

    UKˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃn
    USˌkɑːnsərˈveɪʃən

    The protection and careful management of the natural environment and resources.

    A wooden boardwalk crossing a protected wetland reserve, with reeds, still water and white birds wading
    A wetland kept safe: conservation is protecting nature so it is not lost.

    Wildlife conservation depends on funding and awareness.

    Water conservation is essential in dry regions.

    Remember it

    From Latin conservare, “to keep safe”: conservation keeps nature and resources from being lost.

    Goes with

    Words that go with conservation: wildlife conservation; conservation efforts; energy conservation; conservation of resources.

    Similar and opposite

    Similar
    preservationprotection
    Opposite
    destructionwaste

    Word family

    The conservation family: conservation (noun), conserve (verb), conservationist (noun).

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