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   save

   /seɪv/

   verb

   • 1. keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger: "they brought him in to help save the club from bankruptcy" Similar rescuecome to someone's rescuesave someone's lifecome to someone's aidset freefreeliberatedeliverextricatesnatchbail outbring offinformal:save someone's baconsave someone's necksave someone's skinpreservekeep safekeepprotectsafeguardguardconservesalvageretrievereclaimrescueOpposite endanger
   • ▪ prevent (someone) from dying: "the doctors did everything they could to save him"
   • ▪ (in Christian use) preserve (a person's soul) from damnation: "church ladies approach me trying to save my soul"
   • ▪ keep (someone) in health (used in exclamations and formulaic expressions): "God save the Queen"
   • 2. keep and store up (something, especially money) for future use: "she had never been able to save much from her salary" Similar put asideset asidelay asideput byput to one sidelay bykeepretainreservekeep in reserveconservestockpilestorehoardsave for a rainy daykeep for future useput in a safe placecollectamassset byinformal:salt awaysquirrel awaystash awayhang on toOpposite wastefritter awayuse up
   • ▪ preserve (something) by not expending or using it: "save your strength till later"
   • ▪ stop talking: informal North American "save it, Joey—I'm in big trouble now"
   • 3. keep (data) by moving a copy to a storage location: "save the instructions to a new file"
   • 4. avoid the need to use up or spend (money, time, or other resources): "save £20 on a new camcorder" Similar economizebe (more) economicalmake economiesscrimpscrimp and scrapebe thriftybe frugaltighten one's beltcut backmake cutbacksbudgetretrenchhusband one's resourcescut costscut expendituredraw in one's hornswatch one's penniespinch penniesdialect:rake and scrapeOpposite spendbe extravagant
   • ▪ avoid, lessen, or guard against: "this approach saves wear and tear on the books" Similar preventobviateforestallsparestopavoidavertmake unnecessaryrule outOpposite cause
   • 5. prevent an opponent from scoring (a goal or point) in a game or from winning (the game): "the powerful German saved three match points"
   • ▪ (of a goalkeeper in soccer and hockey) stop (a shot) from entering the goal.
   • ▪ (of a relief pitcher) preserve (a winning position) gained by another pitcher.

   noun

   • 1. (in soccer and hockey) an act of preventing an opponent's scoring: "the keeper made a great save"
   • ▪ an instance of preserving a winning position gained by another pitcher.
   • 2. an act of saving data to a storage location.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French sauver, from late Latin salvare, from Latin salvus ‘safe’. The noun dates from the late 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. saveable adjective

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