save
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(First attested 1175–1225) From Middle English sa(u)ven, from Old French sauver from Late Latin salvāre - to save.
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save (plural saves)
- In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
- The goaltender made a great save.
- (baseball) When a relief pitcher comes into a game with a 3 run or less lead, and his team wins while continually being ahead.
- Jones retired seven to earn the save.
- (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.
- The giant wrestler continued to beat down his smaller opponent, until several wrestlers ran in for the save.
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to save (third-person singular simple present saves, present participle saving, simple past and past participle saved)
- (transitive) To help (somebody) to survive, or keep (somebody) from harm.
- (transitive) To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
- (transitive) To store for future use.
- (transitive) To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
- (transitive) To obviate or make unnecessary.
- (transitive, computing) To write a file to disk.
- (transitive, theology) To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
- (intransitive) To economize or avoid waste.
- (transitive and intransitive) To accumulate money or valuables.
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to help someone to survive
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store for future use
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to write a file to a disk
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economize
accumulate money
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[edit] Preposition
save
[edit] Synonyms
- (with the exception of): except
[edit] Translations
except, with the exception of
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save
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Portuguese sabe (“‘know’”).
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save
- (transitive) to know
- (transitive) to understand
- (transitive) to make a practice or habit of
