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save meaning

EN[seɪv] [-eɪv]
US
WSave
  • Save or Saved may refer to:

    Definition of save in English Dictionary

  • NounPLsaves
    1. In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
      1. The goaltender made a great save.
    2. (baseball) When a relief pitcher comes into a game with a 3 run or less lead, and his team wins while continually being ahead.
      1. Jones retired seven to earn the save.
    3. (professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
      1. The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save.
    4. (computing) The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
      1. If you're hit by a power cut, you'll lose all of your changes since your last save.
      2. The game console can store up to eight saves on a single cartridge.
  • VerbSGsavesPRsavingPT, PPsaved
    1. (transitive) To prevent harm or difficulty.
      1. She was saved from drowning by a passer-by. ‎
      2. We were able to save a few of our possessions from the house fire. ‎
      3. Thou hast [ …] quitted all to save / A world from utter loss.
      4. I'll save you / That labour, sir. All's now done.
      5. Jesus Christ came to save sinners. ‎
      6. Chelsea's youngsters, who looked lively throughout, then combined for the second goal in the seventh minute. Romeu's shot was saved by Wolves goalkeeper Dorus De Vries but Piazon kept the ball alive and turned it back for an unmarked Bertrand to blast home.
    2. To put aside, to avoid.
      1. Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back. ‎
      2. Save electricity by turning off the lights when you leave the room. ‎
      3. Will you not speak to save a lady's blush?
      4. Where did I save that document? I can't find it on the desktop. ‎
  • Conjunction
    1. (dated) unless; except.
    2. Preposition
      1. Except; with the exception of.
        1. Only the parties may institute proceedings, save where the law shall provide otherwise. ‎
    3. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Australia Post has been accused of endangering staff with "sweatbox" uniforms and restricting earlier starts to save money.
        • That’s a trick most people save for the predivorce phase of marriage, not courtship.
        • Lawrie Wilson caught the eye with a surging run, although his strike was blocked, while Bostwick's powerful low strike drew an excellent save from Krul.
      2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
        • Save for a rusty, seatless swing set, the Brinket-Hibbard Playlot resembles many vacant lots pockmarking Detroit's hardscrabble east side.
      3. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • He couldn't protect the lead, the OT produced his most confident puckstopping of the night and the shootout, well, he didn't win it and didn't make a save.
        • Serving God with one hand and the devil with the other is a style of both-handedness from which we may well pray to be saved.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Conjunctions
        • Nouns
          • Countable nouns
          • Prepositions
            • Verbs
              • Intransitive verbs
                • Transitive verbs
              Related Links:
              1. en saved
              2. en saver
              3. en saves
              4. fr savez
              5. fr saveur
              Source: Wiktionary

              Meaning of save for the defined word.

              Grammatically, this word "save" is a conjunction. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a preposition. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.
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