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Stenka25 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
The synonym of “reserved”
The question below is from a test.
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1. Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelungs is distinctive in that it is almost entirely operatic; also unusual is the fact that the libretti for his operas were written by the composer himself?a task normally reserved for a poet or literary notable.
? retained ? booked ? modified
? substituted ? suspended
It says the answer is #1, but I don’t see why #2 can’t be.
I have checked “thesaurus.com.”
http://thesaurus.com/browse/reserved?s=t
reserve
Definition: hold for future use
Synonyms: bespeak, book, contract, engage, prearrange, preengage, retain, schedule, secure.
It says “book,” and “retain” can be synonyms for “reserve”
And Google Book serfing shows as follows:
"a task reserved for" About 14,900 results
"a task retained for" About 0 results
"a task booked for" About 0 results
So I come to the two possible conclusions that the answer for the question should be #1, and #2, or the question may be improper for the test since despite the similarity of the meaning in those words there is no proper usage in “retained,” and “booked” for “a task reserved for.”
Can you tell me what you think?
Thanks.
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1. Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelungs is distinctive in that it is almost entirely operatic; also unusual is the fact that the libretti for his operas were written by the composer himself?a task normally reserved for a poet or literary notable.
? retained ? booked ? modified
? substituted ? suspended
It says the answer is #1, but I don’t see why #2 can’t be.
I have checked “thesaurus.com.”
http://thesaurus.com/browse/reserved?s=t
reserve
Definition: hold for future use
Synonyms: bespeak, book, contract, engage, prearrange, preengage, retain, schedule, secure.
It says “book,” and “retain” can be synonyms for “reserve”
And Google Book serfing shows as follows:
"a task reserved for" About 14,900 results
"a task retained for" About 0 results
"a task booked for" About 0 results
So I come to the two possible conclusions that the answer for the question should be #1, and #2, or the question may be improper for the test since despite the similarity of the meaning in those words there is no proper usage in “retained,” and “booked” for “a task reserved for.”
Can you tell me what you think?
Thanks.
Top answer
Booked means to buy tickets, or have a table set aside for you (like at a restaurant). In that sense, "reserved" is a synonym, but only for that definition. In the sense of rights (esp.
- Booked means to buy tickets, or have a table set aside for you (like at a restaurant).
- In that sense, "reserved" is a synonym, but only for that definition.
- In the sense of rights (esp.
- copyrights), booked does not have that meaning.
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Booked means to buy tickets, or have a table set aside for you (like at a restaurant). In that sense, "reserved" is a synonym, but only for that definition.
In the sense of rights (esp. copyrights), booked does not have that meaning.
In the sense of rights (esp. copyrights), booked does not have that meaning.
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Thanks for your answer, Vorpar.
But I also asked whether 'retain' is suitable in this context.
One native has given me the follwoing opinion, "We don't say "to retain [something] for [someone]" meaning "to hold [something] in reserve for [someone]." When you "retain" something, you keep it for yourself.
A poet or literary notable is usually retained for the task
But I also asked whether 'retain' is suitable in this context.
One native has given me the follwoing opinion, "We don't say "to retain [something] for [someone]" meaning "to hold [something] in reserve for [someone]." When you "retain" something, you keep it for yourself.
A poet or literary notable is usually retained for the task
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Stenka25It says the answer is #1, but I don’t see why #2 can’t be.Heavens, no! "a task normally booked for a poet" implies that someone takes calls from all the poets who want the job of writing a libretto, and schedules a time for each one to come in and write his libretto. That's not at all how the words used in an opera come to be written. The number of
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Retained could replace reserved in the sentence, but I do not like it much either. I do not consider it to be an exact synonym for reserved, and I think reserved is a far more appropriate word here. I too would have been puzzled by the lack of any decent choice for the answer. Booked does not really work, and none of the other choices
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