preserved

Other forms of preserved

comparative

preservedder·

superlative

preserveddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about preserved

What does preserved mean?

preserved means "prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in preserved?

preserved has 2 syllables: preser-ved. The stress falls on "ved". In IPA it is /pɹəˈzɝvd/.

What is the opposite of preserved?

The recorded antonyms are fresh, destroyed.

Is preserved a common word?

preserved is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with preserved?

4 words rhyme with preserved. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.