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save¹ (s

v. saved, sav·ing, saves

v.tr.

a. To rescue from harm, danger, or loss.

b. To set free from the consequences of sin; redeem.

2. To keep in a safe condition; safeguard.

3. To prevent the waste or loss of; conserve.

4. To set aside for future use; store.

5. To treat with care by avoiding fatigue, wear, or damage; spare: save one's eyesight.

6. To make unnecessary; obviate: Your taking the trunk to the attic has saved me an extra trip.

a. Sports To prevent (a goal by an opponent).

b. To preserve a victory in (a game).

c. Baseball To preserve (another pitcher's win) by protecting one's team's lead during a stint of relief pitching.

8. Computer Science To copy (a file) from a computer's main memory to a disk or other storage medium.

v.intr.

1. To avoid waste or expense; economize.

2. To accumulate money: saving for a vacation.

3. To preserve a person or thing from harm or loss.

1. Sports An act that prevents an opponent from scoring.

2. Baseball A preservation by a relief pitcher of another pitcher's win.

Idiom:

save (one's) breath

To refrain from a futile appeal or effort: Save your breath; you can't dissuade them.

[Middle English saven, from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvre, from Latin salvus, safe; see sol- in Indo-European roots.]

sava·ble, savea·ble adj.

saver n.

Synonyms: save¹, rescue, reclaim, redeem, deliver
These verbs mean freeing a person or thing from danger, evil, confinement, or servitude. Save is the most general: The smallpox vaccine has saved many lives. A police officer saved the tourist from being cheated.
Rescue usually implies saving from immediate harm or danger by direct action: rescue a rare manuscript from a fire.
Reclaim can mean to bring a person back, as from error to virtue or to right or proper conduct: "To reclaim me from this course of life was the sole cause of his journey to London" Henry Fielding.
To redeem is to free someone from captivity or the consequences of sin or error; the term can imply the expenditure of money or effort: The price for redeeming the hostages was extortionate.
Deliver applies to liberating people from something such as misery, peril, error, or evil: "consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them" George Washington.

save ¹

Verb

[saving, saved]

1. to rescue or preserve (a person or thing) from danger or harm

2. to avoid the spending, waste, or loss of (something): an appeal on television for the public to save energy

3. to set aside or reserve (money or goods) for future use: I'm saving for a vintage Mercedes

4. to treat with care so as to preserve

5. to prevent the necessity for: a chance saved him from having to make up his mind

6. Sport to prevent (a goal) by stopping (a ball or puck)

7. Christianity to free (someone) from the influence or consequences of sin

Noun

1. Sport the act of saving a goal

2. Computers an instruction to write information from the memory onto a tape or disk [Old French salver]

savable
saveable adj
saver n

save ² Old-fashioned

prep

(often foll. by for)with the exception of: the stage was empty save for a single chair

conj

but [Middle English sauf]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	save - (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring; "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save" athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition prevention, bar - the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"
Verb	1.	save - save from ruin, destruction, or harm salvage, salve, relieve rescue, deliver - free from harm or evil
	2.	save - to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer" preserve record, enter, put down - make a record of; set down in permanent form keep, hold on - retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" economize, husband, economise, conserve - use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
	3.	save - bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack" bring through, carry through, pull through rescue, deliver - free from harm or evil
	4.	save - spend less; buy at a reduced price scrimp, stint, skimp - subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"
	5.	save - accumulate money for future use; "He saves half his salary" lay aside, save up cache, hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away, stash - save up as for future use
	6.	save - make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time" make unnecessary foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid - keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
	7.	save - save from sins redeem, deliver organized religion, religion, faith - an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"
	8.	save - refrain from harming spare favour, favor - treat gently or carefully refrain, forbear - resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"
	9.	save - spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now" economise, economize expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money" tighten one's belt - live frugally and use less resources; "In the new economy, we all have to learn to tighten our belts"
	10.	save - retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger" hold open, keep open, keep keep, hold on - retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" book, reserve, hold - arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's"
	11.	save - record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk" write computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures record, tape - register electronically; "They recorded her singing" overwrite - write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data; "overwrite that file"

save

verb 1. rescue, free, release, deliver, recover, get out, liberate, salvage, redeem, bail out, come to someone's rescue, set free, save the life of, extricate, save someone's bacon Brit. (informal) << OPPOSITE endanger

verb 2. keep, reserve, set aside, store, collect, gather, hold, hoard, hide away, lay by, put by, salt away, treasure up, keep up your sleeve (informal) put aside for a rainy day << OPPOSITE spend

verb 3. protect, keep, guard, preserve, look after, take care of, safeguard, salvage, conserve, keep safe

verb 4. budget, be economical, economize, scrimp and save, retrench, be frugal, make economies, be thrifty, tighten your belt (informal)

verb 5. put aside, keep, reserve, collect, retain, set aside, amass, put by

verb 6. prevent, avoid, spare, rule out, avert, obviate

Translations

save [seɪv] vt (= rescue) → salvar, rescatar [+ money, time]; ahorrar (= put by); guardar;

(COMPUT) → salvar (y guardar) (= avoid) [+ trouble] → evitar

vi (also: save up) → ahorrar

n (SPORT) → parada

prep → salvo, excepto;

to save face → salvar las apariencias;

God save the Queen! → ¡Dios guarde a la Reina!, ¡Viva la Reina!;

I saved you a piece of cake → te he guardado un trozo de tarta;

it will save me an hour → con ello ganaré una hora

save [seɪv] vt [+ person, belongings] → sauver [+ money]; mettre de côté, économiser [+ time]; (faire) gagner (= keep); garder;

(Comput) → sauvegarder;

(Sport) (= stop); arrêter (= avoid) [+ trouble] → éviter

vi (also: save up) → mettre de l'argent de côté

n (Sport) → arrêt m (du ballon)

prep → sauf, à l'exception de;

it will save me an hour → ça me fera gagner une heure;

to save face → sauver la face;

God save the Queen! → vive la Reine!

save [seɪv] vt (rescue) → retten;

(money, time) → sparen;

(food etc) → aufheben;

(work, trouble) → (er)sparen;

(keep) (receipts etc) → aufbewahren: (seat etc) → frei halten;

(Comput) (file) → abspeichern;

(Sport) (shot, ball) → halten

vi (also: save up) → sparen

n (Sport) → (Ball)abwehr f

prep (form) → außer +dat;

it will save me an hour → dadurch spare ich eine Stunde;

to save face → das Gesicht wahren;

God save the Queen! → Gott schütze die Königin!

save [seɪv] vt [+ person, belongings], (COMPUT) → salvare [+ money]; risparmiare, mettere da parte [+ time]; risparmiare [+ food]; conservare (= avoid) [+ trouble] → evitare

vi (also: save up) → economizzare

n (SPORT) → parata

prep → salvo, a eccezione di;

it will save me an hour → mi farà risparmiare un'ora;

to save face → salvare la faccia;

God save the Queen! → Dio salvi la Regina!

save¹

v save [seiv]

1 to rescue or bring out of danger He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.redيُنْقِذспасявамzachránitredderetten(δια)σώζωsalvar, rescatarpäästmaنجات دادنpelastaasauverלְהַצִילबचा लेनाspasitimegmentmenyelamatkanbjargasalvare救う구하다, 구조하다išgelbėti[]glābtmenyelamatkanreddenberge, reddeuratować, ocalićsalvara salvaспасатьzachrániťrešitispasitiräddaช่วยเหลือ; เอาออกมาจากอันตราย(tehlikeden) kurtarmak拯救рятуватиبچاناcứu nguy拯救

2 to keep (money etc) for future use He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.spaarيُوَفِّر، يَدَّخِرпестяšetřitspare sammensparenαποταμιεύωahorrar, guardar, economizarsäästmaپس اندازsäästääéconomiserלַחֲסוֹךबचाना, संचित करनाspremiti, ušteditimegtakarít; félreteszmenabungspararisparmiare, fare economie*貯める(돈을) 저축하다taupytikrāt; taupītmenyimpan duitsparenspare, legge til sideoszczędzaćfazer economiasa economisiкопитьšetriťvarčevatištedetisparaอดออม; ประหยัดbiriktirmek儲蓄збирати; зберігатиمستقبل کے لئے محفوظ کرناđể dành, tiết kiệm储蓄

3 to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc) Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.bespaarيُوَفِّر على نَفْسِهспестявам(u)šetřitskåne; spare (for)ersparenεξοικονομώ, γλιτώνω (π.χ. χρόνο)ahorrarsäästmaصرفه جويي كردنsäästääépargnerלִשמוֹרबचानाsačuvatimegkímél; megtakarítmenghematspara (sér) vinnu/vandræðievitare～を省く(돈·시간·정력 등을) 덜다, 줄이다sutaupyti, išgelbėtiaiztaupītmengelakkan daribesparenspare en foroszczędzićpoupara scutiэкономитьušetriťprihranitispasitispara, besparaหลีกเลี่ยง; ป้องกัน(israftan) kurtarmak節省позбавляти; берегтиمحنت سے بچاناtránh, bớt节省

4 in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal The goalkeeper saved six goals.keerيَمْنَع الفَريق الآخر من تَسْجيل أهْدافспасявам (топка)zabránitreddeabwehrenαποκρούω, σώζω (π.χ. στο ποδόσφαιρο)parar, impedir que se marque un goltõrjumaجلوگيري كردنtorjuaempêcher de marquerהַצָלָה(फ़टबाल आदि) विपक्षियों को बोल बनाने से रोकनाodbijati napad u nogometu i sl.(ki)védmenggagalkankoma í veg fyrir mark, verja(st)parare, evitare防ぐ(미식 축구 등에서) 상대편에게 득점을 못하게 하다atmušti (įvartį)atvairīt; atsist uzbrukumumenghalang jaringanvoorkomenredde (ballen)obronićdefendera apăraотбить нападениеzabrániťpreprečiti zadetekodbranitiräddaป้องกันฝ่ายตรงข้ามไม่ให้ยิงเข้าประตู(sporda) kurtarmak教球відбивати нападکسی چیز سے حفاظت کرناngăn cản đối phương教球

5 to free from the power of sin and evil. redيَصون، يُنْقِذ من الخَطيئَهизбавямochránitfrelseerlösenλυτρώνωsalvarvabastamaآبرو داري كردنpelastaadélivrerלִגאוֹלपापों से उद्धार करनाspasitimegment, -vált, üdvözítmembebaskanfrelsasalvare救済する(죄에서) 구하다, 구원하다išgelbėtiglābt; pestītmenyelamatkan daripada dosaverlossenfrelsezbawićsalvara eliberaспасать душуochrániťodrešitispasitifrälsaคุ้มครอง(kötülükten) kurtarmak（宗教）替...贖罪рятуватиبرائی اور گناہ سے چھٹکارا دیناcứu rỗi（宗教）替...赎罪

6 to keep data in the computer. stoorيَحْفَظ مَعلومات في الحاسوبзапазвамuložit data v počítačigemme; lagre(Daten) speichernσώζω, αποθηκεύω στη μνήμη του Η/Υguardar, archivarsalvestamaذخيره كردنsauvegarderלִשמוֹרकंप्यूटर डाटा सुरक्षित करनाspremiti podatke u računaloelmentmenyimpan, men-savesalvareデータを保存するišsaugoti (duomenis kompiuteryje)saglabāt datoratmiņāmenyimpan data dalam komputersaven, opslaanlagrezachowywaćсохранятьuchovať (v pamäti)shranitisačuvatisparaเก็บรักษาbilgisayar hafızasına kaydetmek（計算机）存檔зберігатиکمپیوٹر میں معلومات محفوظ کرناbảo lưu（计算机）存档

(in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal. keerمَنْع الفَريق الآخَر من تَسْجيل أهدافспасяванеzabránění góluredningabwehrenαπόκρουσηparadatõrjumineمانع شدن ازtorjuntaarrêt (du ballon)הַצָלָה(फ़टबाल आदि) विपक्षियों को बोल बनाने से रोकना, (फ़टबाल आदि के खेल में) दूसरे पक्ष की जीत रोकनाodbiti napad u nogometu i sl.védéspenyelamatanbjörgun, vörnparata防ぐこと(미식 축구 등에서) 상대편의 득점을 방해하기(įvarčio) atmušimas(futbolā u.tml.) vārtu nosargāšanamenghalang jaringansaveredningobronadefesaoprire (a mingii)предотвращение прорываzabránenie góluobrambaodbranaräddningการป้องกันประตูkurtarma, kurtarış救球відвернення проривуمقابل ٹیم کو گول کرنے سے روکناsự phá bóng cứu nguy救球

n ˈsaver

a person or thing that saves, avoids waste etc The telephone is a great time-saver.spaarderمُوَفِّرспасителspořičsparer; -besparerder/die Retter(in), der/die Sparer(in)αποταμιευτήςahorradorpäästja, säästjaصرفه جويي كنندهsäästäjäéconomiseurחוֹסֵךबचवैया, रक्षकspasitelj, izbavitelj-kímélőpenghemate-ð/e-r sem sparar (tíma)risparmiatore; (cosa che fa risparmiare)節約するもの절약가, 절약 장치; 구조자taupus žmogus, kas padedantis taupytiglābējs; taupītājspenjimatbespaardersparer, økonom, –besparendeoszczędzający, oszczędnośćo que poupapersoană/aparat care economiseşteсредство, позволяющее экономитьhospodár; úsporné zariadenievarčevalecspasiteljräddare, frälsare, sparareประหยัดkurtarıcı節省的人，節能裝置ощадлива людина; річ, що допомагає зберегти гроші, часبچانے والاvật để tiết kiệm节省的人，节能装置

n ˈsaving

a way of saving money etc or the amount saved in this way It's a great saving to be able to make one's own clothes.besparingإدِّخار، تَوْفيرспестяванеúsporabesparelsedie Ersparnisοικονομία, εξοικονόμηση π.χ. χρημάτωνahorrokokkuhoidپس اندازsäästöéconomieחִיסָכוֹןरक्षक, कम खर्चštednjamegtakarításpenghematansparnaðurrisparmio節約저축(액)taupymastaupīšana; krāšanapenjimatanbesparingsparepenger, oppsparte midleroszczędnośćpoupançaeconomieэкономияúsporaprihranekuštedasparande, besparingการประหยัดtasarruf節省економія; збереженняبچتsự tiết kiệm节省

n pl ˈsavings

money saved up He keeps his savings in the bank.spaargeldتَوفيرات، مُدَّخّراتспестяванияúsporyopsparingdie Ersparnisse (pl.)οικονομίες, αποταμιεύσειςahorrossäästudاندوختهsäästötéconomiesחֶסכוֹנוֹתबचत, किफ़ायतušteda, štednjamegtakarított pénztabunganspariférisparmi預金저금santauposietaupījumi; uzkrājumssimpananspaargeldsparepengeroszczędnościeconomiaseconomiiсбереженияúsporyprihrankiušteđevinabesparingarเงินที่สะสมไว้ได้tasarruf儲蓄заощадження; збереженняبچایا گیا مالtiền tiết kiệm储蓄

n saviour [ˈseivjə]

1 (usually with capital) a person or god who saves people from sin, hell etc. redderمُنْقِذ، مُخَلِّصСпасителятspasitelfrelserder Erlöserσωτήρας, λυτρωτής (συν. με κεφαλαίο)salvadorvabastaja, lunastajaمنجيpelastaja, vapahtajaSauveurמַצִילईसा मसीहspasiteljMegváltóJuruselamatfrelsarisalvatore救世主구세주išganytojaspestītājs; glābējspenyelamatverlosserfrelserZbawicielsalvadorMântuitorспаситель, избавительSpasiteľodrešenikspasilacfrälsareผู้ช่วยเหลือหรือผู้ช่วยให้พ้นบาปkurtarıcı救世主Спасительمسیحاngười cứu thoát, chúa cứu thế救世主

2 a person who rescues a person etc from danger etc He was the saviour of his country.redderمُخَلِّص، مُنْقِذспасителzachránceredningsmandder/die Retter(in)σωτήραςsalvadorpäästjaرهانندهpelastajasauveurמַצִילउद्धारक, परित्राताizbaviteljmegmentőjuruselamatbjargvættursalvatore救い主구조자išgelbėtojasglā- bējspenyelamatredderredningsmannzbawcasalvadorsalvatorспасительzáchrancarešiteljspasilacräddareผู้ช่วยให้พ้นจากความชั่วร้ายkurtarıcı救星рятівникقوم کا بادیvị cứu tinh救星

saving grace

a good quality that makes up for a fault His speeches are boring but they have the saving grace of being short.voortreflikheidصِفَة مُنْقِذَه، فَضيلَه تُعَوِّض عن رَذيلَهпреимуществоdobrá stránkaforsonende forholdrettende Eigenschaftσωτήριο χαρακτηριστικόméritopäästev asjaoluامتياز؛مزيتpelastava ominaisuuschose qui rachèteנְקוּדַת אוֹר יְחִידָהबचतmilost spasenjamentő körülménypenyelamatbót í málimeritoとりえ장점tai, kas gelbsti, privalumaslaba īpašībapenyelamatalles goedmakende eigenschapforsonende trekkdobra stronacoisa a favorceea ce salveazăположительное свойствоkladná stránka vyvažujúca nedostatokdobra lastnostjedina svetla tačkaförsonande dragลักษณะที่บรรเทา (ความน่าเกลียด)bir kusuru örtücü özellik可取之處，可彌補缺點的优點рятівна сила; позитивна якість, що компенсує недолікиغنیمت باتđiều bù đắp cho những lỗi lầm可取之处，可弥补缺点的优点

savings account

an account in a bank or post office on which interest is paid. spaarrekeningحِساب تَوْفيرспестовна сметкаspořitelní účetopsparingskontodas Sparkontoλογαριασμός ταμιευτηρίουcuenta de ahorroshoiuarveحساب بانكيsäästötilicompte d'épargneחֶשבּוֹן חִסָכוֹןबचत खाताštedni računtakarékbetétrekening tabungansparisjóðsreikningurconto di risparmio預金口座저금 계좌taupomoji sąskaitarēķins krājbankāakaun simpananspaarrekeningsparekontorachunek oszczędnościowyconta-poupançacont de economiiсберегательный счётúčet v sporiteľnihranilni računštedni računsparkontoบัญชีออมทรัพย์tasarruf hesabı銀行存款（帳戶）ощадний рахунокبچت کھاتاtài khoản tiết kiệm银行存款（帐户）

savings bank

a bank that receives small savings and gives interest. spaarbankبَنْك التَّوْفيرспестовна касаspořitelnasparekassedie Sparkasseταμιευτήριοcaja de ahorroshoiupankبانك پس اندازsäästöpankkicaisse d'épargneבָּנק לְחִסָכוֹןबचत बैंकštedionicatakarékpénztárbank tabungansparisjóðurcassa di risparmio貯蓄銀行저축 은행taupomasis bankaskrājbankabank simpananspaarbanksparebankkasa oszczędnościcaixa económicacasă/bancă de economiiсберегательный банкsporiteľňahranilnicaštedionicasparbankธนาคารออมสินbanka儲蓄銀行ощадний банкبچت بینکquỹ tiết kiệm储蓄银行

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