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 Definitions of save  [ɪv]  

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Definition of 'save' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) save
to rescue from danger or possible harm or loss.

2.  save
to keep safe, intact, or unhurt; safeguard:
God save the United States.

3.  save
to keep from being lost:
tried to save the game.

4.  save
to avoid the spending, consumption, or waste of:
to save fuel.

5.  save
to set aside, reserve, or lay by:
to save money.

6.  save
to treat carefully in order to reduce wear, fatigue, etc.

7.  save
to prevent the occurrence, use, or necessity of; obviate.

8.  save
to deliver from the power and consequences of sin.

9.  save
to copy (computer data) onto a hard or floppy disk, a tape, etc.

10.  save
to stop (a ball or puck) from entering one's goal.

11. (v.i.) save
to lay up money as the result of economy or thrift.

12.  save
to be economical in expenditure.

13.  save
to preserve something from harm, loss, etc.

14. (n.) save
a goalkeeper's act of preventing a goal.

15.  save
(in baseball) a statistical credit given a relief pitcher for preserving a team's victory by holding its lead.

16. (prep.) save
except; but:
They all left save one.

17. (conj.) save
except; but:
He would have gone, save that he had no money for travel.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME; var. of safe)

Definition of 'save' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) save
(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
"the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save"

2. (verb) salvage, salve, relieve, save
save from ruin, destruction, or harm

3. (verb) save, preserve
to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
"She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

4. (verb) save, carry through, pull through, bring through
bring into safety
"We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack"

5. (verb) save
spend less; buy at a reduced price

6. (verb) save, lay aside, save up
accumulate money for future use
"He saves half his salary"

7. (verb) save, make unnecessary
make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
"This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time"

8. (verb) deliver, redeem, save
save from sins

9. (verb) spare, save
refrain from harming

10. (verb) save, economize, economise
spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
"This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now"

11. (verb) keep open, hold open, keep, save
retain rights to
"keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"

12. (verb) write, save
record data on a computer
"boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"


Definition of 'save' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) save
to not use too much
Turn off the lights to save energy.

2.  save
save sb sth
to cause sb to be able to not use too much
If you plan ahead, it will save you time and money later.

3.  save
to regularly put money in a bank for the future
parents who encourage their children to save; Save half of the money you earn.

4.  save
to stop from being killed or harmed
doctors who save lives; The man saved me from drowning.; a campaign to save the whales/rainforests

5.  save
to keep for the future
I save all my old passports.; Let's save these books to read tomorrow.

6.  save
save the best for last
to leave your favorite thing to do or have last

7.  save
to make a computer store a piece of information
Don't forget to save.; Did you save the file?

8.  save
to keep for sb else
Did you save me a piece of cake?; My friend saved my place in line.

9.  save
to make it easy for sb to avoid doing or experiencing
I'll do it and save you the trouble/hassle.


Definition of 'save' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) save
to make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames

2. (adj) save
specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life

3. (adj) save
to keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve

4. (adj) save
to rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare

5. (adj) save
to hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare

6. (adj) save
to hold possession or use of; to escape loss of

7. (adj) save
except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving

8. (noun) save
the herb sage, or salvia

9.  save
except; unless

10. (verb) save
to avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical


Definitions of 'save' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  save
a tributary of the Danube, rises in the Julian Alps and flows SE. across Southern Austria till it joins the Danube at Belgrade after a course of 556 m., of which 366 are navigable.


Translation of 'save' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to rescue or bring out of danger
He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: red Arabic flag Arabic: يُنْقِذ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: спасявам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: salvar Czech flag Czech: zachránit German flag German: retten
Danish flag Danish: redde Greek flag Greek: (δια)σώζω Spanish flag Spanish: salvar, rescatar
Estonian flag Estonian: päästma Farsi flag Farsi: نجات دادن Finnish flag Finnish: pelastaa
French flag French: sauver Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַצִיל Hindi flag Hindi: बचा लेना
Croatian flag Croatian: spasiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: megment Indonesian flag Indonesian: menyelamatkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: bjarga Italian flag Italian: salvare Japanese flag Japanese: 救う
Korean flag Korean: 구출하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: išgelbėti Latvian flag Latvian: []glābt
Malay flag Malay: menyelamatkan Dutch flag Dutch: redden Norwegian flag Norwegian: berge, redde
Polish flag Polish: uratować, ocalić Persian flag Persian: نجات دادن Pashto flag Pashto: ژغورل،بچول، ساتل، سپمول،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: salvar Romanian flag Romanian: a salva Russian flag Russian: спасать
Slovak flag Slovak: zachrániť Slovenian flag Slovenian: rešiti Serbian flag Serbian: spasiti
Swedish flag Swedish: rädda Thai flag Thai: ช่วยเหลือ; เอาออกมาจากอัน Turkish flag Turkish: (tehlikeden) kurtarmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 拯救 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: рятувати Urdu flag Urdu: بچانا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cứu nguy Chinese flag Chinese: 拯救

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'save' - Nearby Entries  

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