Another word for backup
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Noun
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- Personnel or units in the armed forces not on active duty but subject to call; militia
- (Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)
- (Military) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
- An alternative.
- A person standing by to take the place of another if necessary; substitute
- The strengthening of a conditioned response by such means.
- (Uncountable, behavioral psychology) The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.
- (In the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
- A member of a foreign body of troops serving a country in war.
- An assisting or supplementary group or organization
- An individual or group that assists or functions in a supporting capacity:
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Another word for backup
Adjective
Used or held in reserve
- Additional; added to supply what is wanted.
- Supplying what is lacking; additional
- Appending.
- Acting to supplement.
- Lacking a regular schedule (as in a supplemental airline).
- Of, for, or functioning as a standby
- Of, relating to, or waiting for unreserved travel space that is made available by an airline only shortly before departure:
- Kept in reserve for use when needed:
- Derived from what is primary or original:
- Second or lower in rank or importance; not primary:
- Of or relating to secondary schools.
- Being, or having the nature of, a reserve or reserves
- Held in or forming a reserve:
- For use in case of sudden necessity
- Related to the emergency or to the provision of assistance.
- Designating or of any of the noncombat ships, as tankers or tenders, that form the service fleet of a navy
- Held in or used as a reserve:
- Additional; supplementary; reserve
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