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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.

a. To avoid spending (money) so as to keep or accumulate it.

b. To avoid spending (money or time) in an amount less than what circumstances normally require: saved $25 at the sale; saved 15 minutes by taking a shortcut.

5. To set aside for future use; store.

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

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

a. Sports To prevent (a goal) from being scored 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.

9. Computer Science To copy (a file) from a computer's main memory to a 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).

save² (s

prep.

With the exception of; except: "No man enjoys self-reproach save a masochist" (Philip Wylie).

conj.

1. Were it not; except: The house would be finished by now, save that we had difficulty contracting a roofer.

2. Unless.

[Middle English, from Old French sauf, from Latin salv, ablative sing. of salvus, safe; see sol- in Indo-European roots.]

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. red يُنْقِذ спасявам zachránit redde retten (δια)σώζω salvar, rescatar päästma نجات دادن pelastaa sauver לְהַצִיל बचा लेना spasiti megment menyelamatkan bjarga salvare 救う 구하다, 구조하다 išgelbėti []glābt menyelamatkan redden berge, redde uratować, ocalić salvar a salva спасать zachrániť rešiti spasiti rädda ช่วยเหลือ; เอาออกมาจากอันตราย (tehlikeden) kurtarmak 拯救 рятувати بچانا cứu 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. spaar يُوَفِّر، يَدَّخِر пестя šetřit spare sammen sparen αποταμιεύω ahorrar, guardar, economizar säästma پس انداز säästää économiser לַחֲסוֹך बचाना, संचित करना spremiti, uštediti megtakarít; félretesz menabung spara risparmiare, fare economie 貯める (돈을) 저축하다 taupyti krāt; taupīt menyimpan duit sparen spare, legge til side oszczędzać fazer economias a economisi копить šetriť varčevati štedeti spara อดออม; ประหยัด biriktirmek 儲蓄 збирати; зберігати مستقبل کے لئے محفوظ کرنا để 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. bespaar يُوَفِّر على نَفْسِه спестявам (u)šetřit skåne; spare (for) ersparen εξοικονομώ, γλιτώνω (π.χ. χρόνο) ahorrar säästma صرفه جويي كردن säästää épargner לִשמוֹר बचाना sačuvati megkímél; megtakarít menghemat spara (sér) vinnu/vandræði evitare ～を省く (돈·시간·정력 등을) 덜다, 줄이다 sutaupyti, išgelbėti aiztaupīt mengelakkan dari besparen spare en for oszczędzić poupar a scuti экономить ušetriť prihraniti spasiti spara, bespara หลีกเลี่ยง; ป้องกัน (israftan) kurtarmak 節省 позбавляти; берегти محنت سے بچانا tránh, bớt 节省

4 in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal The goalkeeper saved six goals. keer يَمْنَع الفَريق الآخر من تَسْجيل أهْداف спасявам (топка) zabránit redde abwehren αποκρούω, σώζω (π.χ. στο ποδόσφαιρο) parar, impedir que se marque un gol tõrjuma جلوگيري كردن torjua empêcher de marquer הַצָלָה (फ़टबाल आदि) विपक्षियों को बोल बनाने से रोकना odbijati napad u nogometu i sl. (ki)véd menggagalkan koma í veg fyrir mark, verja(st) parare, evitare 防ぐ (미식 축구 등에서) 상대편에게 득점을 못하게 하다 atmušti (įvartį) atvairīt; atsist uzbrukumu menghalang jaringan voorkomen redde (ballen) obronić defender a apăra отбить нападение zabrániť preprečiti zadetek odbraniti rädda ป้องกันฝ่ายตรงข้ามไม่ให้ยิงเข้าประตู (sporda) kurtarmak 教球 відбивати напад کسی چیز سے حفاظت کرنا ngăn cản đối phương 教球

5 to free from the power of sin and evil. red يَصون، يُنْقِذ من الخَطيئَه избавям ochránit frelse erlösen λυτρώνω salvar vabastama آبرو داري كردن pelastaa délivrer לִגאוֹל पापों से उद्धार करना spasiti megment, -vált, üdvözít membebaskan frelsa salvare 救済する (죄에서) 구하다, 구원하다 išgelbėti glābt; pestīt menyelamatkan daripada dosa verlossen frelse zbawić salvar a elibera спасать душу ochrániť odrešiti spasiti frälsa คุ้มครอง (kötülükten) kurtarmak （宗教）替...贖罪 рятувати برائی اور گناہ سے چھٹکارا دینا cứu rỗi （宗教）替...赎罪

6 to keep data in the computer. stoor يَحْفَظ مَعلومات في الحاسوب запазвам uložit data v počítači gemme; lagre (Daten) speichern σώζω, αποθηκεύω στη μνήμη του Η/Υ guardar, archivar salvestama ذخيره كردن sauvegarder לִשמוֹר कंप्यूटर डाटा सुरक्षित करना spremiti podatke u računalo elment menyimpan, men-save salvare データを保存する išsaugoti (duomenis kompiuteryje) saglabāt datoratmiņā menyimpan data dalam komputer saven, opslaan lagre zachowywać сохранять uchovať (v pamäti) shraniti sačuvati spara เก็บรักษา bilgisayar hafızasına kaydetmek （計算机）存檔 зберігати کمپیوٹر میں معلومات محفوظ کرنا bảo lưu （计算机）存档

(in football etc) an act of preventing the opposing team from scoring a goal. keer مَنْع الفَريق الآخَر من تَسْجيل أهداف спасяване zabránění gólu redning abwehren απόκρουση parada tõrjumine مانع شدن از torjunta arrêt (du ballon) הַצָלָה (फ़टबाल आदि) विपक्षियों को बोल बनाने से रोकना, (फ़टबाल आदि के खेल में) दूसरे पक्ष की जीत रोकना odbiti napad u nogometu i sl. védés penyelamatan björgun, vörn parata 防ぐこと (미식 축구 등에서) 상대편의 득점을 방해하기 (įvarčio) atmušimas (futbolā u.tml.) vārtu nosargāšana menghalang jaringan save redning obrona defesa oprire (a mingii) предотвращение прорыва zabránenie gólu obramba odbrana räddning การป้องกันประตู kurtarma, kurtarış 救球 відвернення прориву مقابل ٹیم کو گول کرنے سے روکنا sự phá bóng cứu nguy 救球

n saver

a person or thing that saves, avoids waste etc The telephone is a great time-saver. spaarder مُوَفِّر спасител spořič sparer; -besparer der/die Retter(in), der/die Sparer(in) αποταμιευτής ahorrador päästja, säästja صرفه جويي كننده säästäjä économiseur חוֹסֵך बचवैया, रक्षक spasitelj, izbavitelj -kímélő penghemat e-ð/e-r sem sparar (tíma) risparmiatore; (cosa che fa risparmiare) 節約するもの 절약가, 절약 장치; 구조자 taupus žmogus, kas padedantis taupyti glābējs; taupītājs penjimat bespaarder sparer, økonom, –besparende oszczędzający, oszczędność o que poupa persoană/aparat care economiseşte средство, позволяющее экономить hospodár; úsporné zariadenie varčevalec spasitelj räddare, frälsare, sparare ประหยัด kurtarıcı 節省的人，節能裝置 ощадлива людина; річ, що допомагає зберегти гроші, час بچانے والا vật để tiết kiệm 节省的人，节能装置

n saving

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. besparing إدِّخار، تَوْفير спестяване úspora besparelse die Ersparnis οικονομία, εξοικονόμηση π.χ. χρημάτων ahorro kokkuhoid پس انداز säästö économie חִיסָכוֹן रक्षक, कम खर्च štednja megtakarítás penghematan sparnaður risparmio 節約 저축(액) taupymas taupīšana; krāšana penjimatan besparing sparepenger, oppsparte midler oszczędność poupança economie экономия úspora prihranek ušteda sparande, besparing การประหยัด tasarruf 節省 економія; збереження بچت sự tiết kiệm 节省

n pl savings

money saved up He keeps his savings in the bank. spaargeld تَوفيرات، مُدَّخّرات спестявания úspory opsparing die Ersparnisse (pl.) οικονομίες, αποταμιεύσεις ahorros säästud اندوخته säästöt économies חֶסכוֹנוֹת बचत, किफ़ायत ušteda, štednja megtakarított pénz tabungan sparifé risparmi 預金 저금 santaupos ietaupījumi; uzkrājums simpanan spaargeld sparepenger oszczędności economias economii сбережения úspory prihranki ušteđevina besparingar เงินที่สะสมไว้ได้ tasarruf 儲蓄 заощадження; збереження بچایا گیا مال tiền tiết kiệm 储蓄

n saviour [ˈseivjə]

1 (usually with capital) a person or god who saves people from sin, hell etc. redder مُنْقِذ، مُخَلِّص Спасителят spasitel frelser der Erlöser σωτήρας, λυτρωτής (συν. με κεφαλαίο) salvador vabastaja, lunastaja منجي pelastaja, vapahtaja Sauveur מַצִיל ईसा मसीह spasitelj Megváltó Juruselamat frelsari salvatore 救世主 구세주 išganytojas pestītājs; glābējs penyelamat verlosser frelser Zbawiciel salvador Mântuitor спаситель, избавитель Spasiteľ odrešenik spasilac frälsare ผู้ช่วยเหลือหรือผู้ช่วยให้พ้นบาป kurtarıcı 救世主 Спаситель مسیحا người 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. redder مُخَلِّص، مُنْقِذ спасител zachránce redningsmand der/die Retter(in) σωτήρας salvador päästja رهاننده pelastaja sauveur מַצִיל उद्धारक, परित्राता izbavitelj megmentő juruselamat bjargvættur salvatore 救い主 구조자 išgelbėtojas glā- bējs penyelamat redder redningsmann zbawca salvador salvator спаситель záchranca rešitelj spasilac räddare ผู้ช่วยให้พ้นจากความชั่วร้าย kurtarıcı 救星 рятівник قوم کا بادی vị 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. voortreflikheid صِفَة مُنْقِذَه، فَضيلَه تُعَوِّض عن رَذيلَه преимущество dobrá stránka forsonende forhold rettende Eigenschaft σωτήριο χαρακτηριστικό mérito päästev asjaolu امتياز؛مزيت pelastava ominaisuus chose qui rachète נְקוּדַת אוֹר יְחִידָה बचत milost spasenja mentő körülmény penyelamat bót í máli merito とりえ 장점 tai, kas gelbsti, privalumas laba īpašība penyelamat alles goedmakende eigenschap forsonende trekk dobra strona a favor coisa ceea ce salvează положительное свойство kladná stránka vyvažujúca nedostatok dobra lastnost jedina svetla tačka försonande drag ลักษณะที่บรรเทา (ความน่าเกลียด) bir kusuru örtücü özellik 可取之處，可彌補缺點的优點 рятівна сила; позитивна якість, що компенсує недоліки غنیمت بات điều 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. spaarrekening حِساب تَوْفير спестовна сметка spořitelní účet opsparingskonto das Sparkonto λογαριασμός ταμιευτηρίου cuenta de ahorros hoiuarve حساب بانكي säästötili compte d'épargne חֶשבּוֹן חִסָכוֹן बचत खाता štedni račun takarékbetét rekening tabungan sparisjóðsreikningur conto di risparmio 預金口座 저금 계좌 taupomoji sąskaita rēķins krājbankā akaun simpanan spaarrekening sparekonto rachunek oszczędnościowy conta-poupança cont de economii сберегательный счёт účet v sporiteľni hranilni račun štedni račun sparkonto บัญชีออมทรัพย์ tasarruf hesabı 銀行存款（帳戶） ощадний рахунок بچت کھاتا tài khoản tiết kiệm 银行存款（帐户）

savings bank

a bank that receives small savings and gives interest. spaarbank بَنْك التَّوْفير спестовна каса spořitelna sparekasse die Sparkasse ταμιευτήριο caja de ahorros hoiupank بانك پس انداز säästöpankki caisse d'épargne בָּנק לְחִסָכוֹן बचत बैंक štedionica takarékpénztár bank tabungan sparisjóður cassa di risparmio 貯蓄銀行 저축 은행 taupomasis bankas krājbanka bank simpanan spaarbank sparebank kasa oszczędności caixa económica casă/bancă de economii сберегательный банк sporiteľňa hranilnica štedionica sparbank ธนาคารออมสิน banka 儲蓄銀行 ощадний банк بچت بینک quỹ tiết kiệm 储蓄银行

save up

to save He's been saving up for a new bike. spaar يُوَفِّر، يَدَّخِر събирам пари šetřit si spare op (auf)sparen αποταμιεύω ahorrar, guardar dinero raha koguma پس انداز كردن säästää rahaa économiser לַחֲסוֹך किसी कार्य के लिए धन एकत्र करना uštedjeti, štedjeti félretesz, spórol menabung spara risparmiare 貯金する 돈을 모으다 taupyti krāt; sataupīt menyimpan opsparen spare til oszczędzać fazer economias a economisi, a face economii откладывать šetriť si varčevati štedeti spara [] รักษา biriktirmek 積蓄 відкладати; накопичувати بچت کرنا tiết kiệm 积蓄

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