save

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

save

past (v2)

saved

past participle (v3)

saved

present participle

saving

3rd person singular

saves

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

saves

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To prevent harm or difficulty.

   • Jesus Christ came to save sinners.
   • She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.
   • I'll save you / That labour, sir. All's now done.

2. 2.To put aside; to avoid.

   • Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?
   • She told me she's saving herself for marriage.
   • Where did I save that document? I can't find it on the desktop.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.

   • The goaltender made a great save.
   • Jones retired seven to earn the save.
   • The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save.

2. 2.The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.

   • The game console can store up to eight saves on a single cartridge.
   • If you're hit by a power cut, you'll lose all of your changes since your last save.

3. 3.A saving throw.

Prep

Preposition

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A word placed before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show its relationship to another part of the sentence.

1. 1.Except; with the exception of.

   • Under the terms of the Interdict no church services and offices were to be permitted save the baptism of infants and the confession of the dying.

Conj

Conjunction

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A word that links words, phrases, or clauses.

1. 1.unless; except

   • Only the parties may institute proceedings, save where the law shall provide otherwise.

Overall

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• relieve

Word family

• saving