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Meaning of 'save' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Save [ a.]
- 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.
- 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.
- To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
- To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.
- To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.
- To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
- Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.
2 . Save [ conj.]
- Except; unless.
3 . Save [ n.]
- The herb sage, or salvia.
4 . Save [ v. i.]
- To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.

Meaning of 'save' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . save [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
Example in sentence:
  • the goalie made a brilliant save;
  • the relief pitcher got credit for a save
2 . save [ v]
Meaning (2):
- record data on a computer
Example in sentence:
  • boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk
Meaning (3):
- accumulate money for future use
Example in sentence:
  • He saves half his salary
Meaning (4):
- make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
Example in sentence:
  • I'll save you the trouble;
  • This will save money;
  • This will save you a lot of time
Meaning (5):
- retain rights to
Example in sentence:
  • keep my job for me while I give birth;
  • keep my seat, please;
  • keep open the possibility of a merger
Meaning (6):
- to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
Example in sentence:
  • She saved the old family photographs in a drawer
Meaning (7):
- spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
Example in sentence:
  • The less fortunate will have to economize now;
  • This move will save money
Meaning (8):
- bring into safety
Example in sentence:
  • We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack

Nearby Words:

savable savableness savacioun savage savagely savageness savagery savagism savanilla savanna

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