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verb
- 1. keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger: "they brought him in to help save the club from bankruptcy" Similar Opposite
- 2. keep and store up (something, especially money) for future use: "she had never been able to save much from her salary" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. (in soccer and hockey) an act of preventing an opponent's scoring: "the keeper made a great save"
- 2. an act of saving data to a storage location.
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1. a. : to deliver from sin. b. : to rescue or deliver from danger or harm. c. : to preserve or guard from injury, destruction, or loss. d. : to store (data) in a computer or on a storage device (such as a CD or flash drive) save a file. Remember to save your work frequently. 2. a. : to put aside as a store or reserve : accumulate.
SAVE definition: 1. to stop someone or something from being killed, injured, or destroyed: 2. to keep someone from…. Learn more.
Save means to rescue from danger, to lessen the use of something, or to set something aside for later. Save has many other uses, especially as a verb and a noun. If you save someone, you prevent them from being harmed or injured. Nonliving things can also be saved from destruction or damage.
Definition of save verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of 'save' Word Frequency. save. (seɪv ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense saves , present participle saving , past tense, past participle saved. 1. verb B1. If you save someone or something, you help them to avoid harm or to escape from a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
to stop someone or something from being killed or destroyed: He was badly injured, but the doctors saved his life. She saved the children from drowning. He had to borrow money to save his business. Fewer examples. He risked his life to save me. An airbag could save your life in the event of an accident.
To save is to keep safe. So, you might save money for college, save a kitten from drowning, or save a dropped football.
They've already started saving for their next vacation.•. Officer McCarthy had saved her from a savage attack in the park.•. The President had been shot from close range. It was only his bullet-proof vest that saved him.•. Ben would have died in the blaze if a fireman hadn't saved him.•. Did he give it to save his own neck?•.
verb. /seɪv/ Verb Forms. keep safe. [transitive] to keep someone or something safe from death, harm, loss, etc. save somebody/something to save someone's life Doctors were unable to save her. He's trying to save their marriage. She needs to win the next two games to save the match. (figurative) Thanks for doing that.
1. ( tr) to rescue, preserve, or guard (a person or thing) from danger or harm. 2. to avoid the spending, waste, or loss of (money, possessions, etc) 3. (Theology) ( tr) to deliver from sin; redeem. 4. ( often foll by up) to set aside or reserve (money, goods, etc) for future use.
