Save Meaning and Definition

Word: Save

How to pronounce: seɪv

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger.

Example sentences: "She saved a boy from drowning"

2. Keep and store up (something, especially money) for future use.

Example sentences: "She had never been able to save much from her salary"

3. Keep (data) by moving a copy to a storage location, especially from memory.

Example sentences: "Save it to a new file"

4. Avoid the need to use up or spend (money, time, or other resources)

Example sentences: "Save $20 on a new camcorder"

5. Prevent an opponent from scoring (a goal or point) in a game or from winning (the game)

Example sentences: "The powerful German saved three match points"

Noun

Definitions:

1. An instance of a relief pitcher saving a game.

2. An act of saving data to a storage location, usually the hard drive.

Example sentences: "The recovery feature enables you to retrieve most of the edits you made since the last save"

Preposition

Definitions:

1. Other than; except for.

Example sentences: "No one needed to know save herself"

Conjunction

Definitions:

1. Except.

Synonyms:

maintain

economize

preserve

save up

conserve

economise

scrimp

lay aside

salvage

rescue

keep

give up

deliver

redeem

relieve

skimp

except

except for

beside

reserve

write

spare

salve

pull through

pinch

besides

outside of

barring

but

Antonyms:

spend

lose

consume

expend

eat

waste

Derivations:

saving

saver

saved

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Save in Other Languages...

Spanish: Guardar

German: Speichern

French: Enregistrer

Italian: Salvare

Turkish: Kaydetmek