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Audio Help [seyv] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [seyv] Pronunciation Key –preposition
–conjunction
| 1. | except; but: All the guests had left save one. |
| 2. | except; but (usually fol. by that): He would have gone, save that he had no means. |
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Audio Help [seyv] Pronunciation Key verb, saved, sav·ing, noun
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Audio Help [seyv] Pronunciation Key verb, saved, sav·ing, noun –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun
| 1. | to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning. |
| 2. | to keep safe, intact, or unhurt; safeguard; preserve: God save the king. |
| 3. | to keep from being lost: to save the game. |
| 4. | to avoid the spending, consumption, or waste of: to save fuel. |
| 5. | to keep, as for reuse: to save leftovers for tomorrow's dinner. |
| 6. | to set aside, reserve, or lay by: to save money. |
| 7. | to treat carefully in order to reduce wear, fatigue, etc.: to save one's eyes by reading under proper light. |
| 8. | to prevent the occurrence, use, or necessity of; obviate: to come early in order to save waiting. |
| 9. | Theology. to deliver from the power and consequences of sin. |
| 10. | Computers. to copy (a file) from RAM onto a disk or other storage medium. |
| 11. | Sports. to stop (a ball or puck) from entering one's goal. |
| 12. | to lay up money as the result of economy or thrift. |
| 13. | to be economical in expenditure. |
| 14. | to preserve something from harm, injury, loss, etc. |
| 15. | to admit of being kept without spoiling, as food. |
| 16. | an act or instance of saving, esp. in sports. |
| 17. | Baseball. a statistical credit given a relief pitcher for preserving a team's victory by holding its lead in a game. |
—Related forms
sav·a·ble, save·a·ble, adjective
sav·a·ble·ness, save·a·ble·ness, noun
saver, noun
—Synonyms 1. salvage. 6. store up, husband. 12. economize, hoard.
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| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | Cite This Source | |
| Main Entry: | save | |
| Part of Speech: | verb | |
| Definition: | To reserve for the future. | |
| Synonyms: | keep, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, set by | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
| Synonym Collection v1.1 | Cite This Source | |
| Main Entry: | save | |
| Part of Speech: | verb | |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, bank, conserve, defend, deliver, deposit, economize, extricate, forefend, free, garner, guard, hoard, husband, keep, maintain, obviate, preserve, prevent, protect, reclaim, redeem, rescue, reserve, retain, safeguard, salvage, scrimp, shield, skimp, spare, stockpile, store, stow, layby | |
| Source: | Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. | |
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| Main Entry: | conserve | |
| Part of Speech: | verb | |
| Definition: | To protect (an asset) from loss or destruction. | |
| Synonyms: | husband, preserve | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
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