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say it: rez-ur-VAY-shuhn
reservation is a noun meaning "a district that is reserved for particular purpose". It carries 7 recorded senses.
a district that is reserved for particular purpose
a statement that limits or restricts some claim
“he recommended her without any reservations”
an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly
the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)
“wondered who had made the booking”
the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance
something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.)
the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for reservation come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.