Save
Meaning of Save
verb
- keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger.
they brought him in to help save the club from bankruptcy
- keep and store up (something, especially money) for future use.
she had never been able to save much from her salary
you can save up for retirement in a number of ways
- keep (data) by moving a copy to a storage location.
save the instructions to a new file
- avoid the need to use up or spend (money, time, or other resources).
save £20 on a new camcorder
an efficient dishwasher would save them one year and three months at the sink
- prevent an opponent from scoring (a goal or point) in a game or from winning (the game).
the powerful German saved three match points
- (in soccer and hockey) an act of preventing an opponent's scoring.
the keeper made a great save
- an act of saving data to a storage location.
Middle English: from Old French sauver, from late Latin salvare, from Latin salvus ‘safe’. The noun dates from the late 19th century.
preposition- other than; except for.
no one needed to know save herself
the dish needs no accompaniment, save a robust red wine
the building was empty save for the security guards
- except.
little is known of his early life, save that he went to school in Brighton
Middle English: from Old French sauf, sauve, from Latin salvo, salva (ablative singular of salvus ‘safe’), used in phrases such as salvo jure, salva innocentia ‘with no violation of right or innocence’.
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Hyphenation of Save
Save
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- Save is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Save synonyms
Meaning salvage:
Meaning preserve:
Meaning deliver:
Meaning spare:
Meaning economize:
Meaning keep open:
Meaning save (someone) from a dangerous or difficult situation:
Meaning release from confinement or slavery:
Meaning set (someone) free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression:
Meaning free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty:
Meaning quickly seize (something) in a rude or eager way:
Meaning keep safe from harm or injury:
Meaning protect from harm or damage with an appropriate measure:
Meaning watch over in order to protect or control:
Meaning prevent the wasteful overuse of (a resource):
Meaning get or bring (something) back from somewhere:
Meaning redeem (someone) from a state of vice; reform:
Meaning continue to have (something); keep possession of:
Meaning retain for future use:
Meaning accumulate a large stock of (goods or materials):
Meaning keep or accumulate (something) for future use:
Meaning accumulate (money or valued objects) and hide or store away:
Meaning bring or gather together (a number of things):
Meaning gather together or accumulate (a large amount or number of material or things) over a period of time:
Meaning be thrifty or parsimonious; economize:
Meaning allow or provide a particular amount of money in a budget:
Meaning (of an organization or individual) reduce costs or spending in response to economic difficulty:
Meaning not including; other than:
Meaning in addition to; apart from:
Meaning except for:
Meaning except for; if not for:
Meaning not taking someone or something into account; except:
Meaning leave out or exclude (someone or something), either intentionally or forgetfully:
Meaning with the exception of; except:
Save antonyms
Meaning put (someone or something) at risk or in danger:
Meaning use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose:
Meaning give (money) to pay for goods, services, or so as to benefit someone or something:
Anagrams of Save
Aves, aves, Svea, vaes, vase, VEAs
Words that rhyme with Save
save, casave, filesave, resave, withsave, autosave, oversave, dissave, FirstSave
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