save Synonyms

save Meaning

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save (n)

(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring

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save (v)

save from ruin, destruction, or harm

to keep up and reserve for personal or special use

bring into safety

spend less; buy at a reduced price

accumulate money for future use

make unnecessary an expenditure or effort

save from sins

refrain from harming

spend sparingly, avoid the waste of

retain rights to

record data on a computer

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save (n.)

The herb sage, or salvia.

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save (a.)

To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.

Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.

To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.

To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare.

To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.

To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.

Except; excepting; not including; leaving out; deducting; reserving; saving.

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save (v. i.)

To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure; to prevent waste; to be economical.

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save (conj.)

Except; unless.

save Sentence Examples

  1. The firefighters bravely rushed into the burning building to save the trapped family.
  2. The doctor worked tirelessly to save the patient's life during the surgery.
  3. The charity organized a fundraiser to save endangered wildlife.
  4. The construction workers used every tool at their disposal to save the crumbling bridge.
  5. The politician proposed a bill that promised to save taxpayers money.
  6. The volunteers spent countless hours painting and repairing the community center to save it from disrepair.
  7. The students frantically copied notes from the whiteboard, trying to save them before the class ended.
  8. The bank offered a loan to save the small business from going bankrupt.
  9. The police officer intervened to save the hostage from the gunman.
  10. The computer technician was able to save the lost files from the damaged hard drive.

FAQs About the word save

(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring, save from ruin, destruction, or harm, to keep up and reserve for personal or special use, bring into

redeem, forgive, pardon, reclaim,deliver, bless, purify, remit, sanctify, shrive

venture, risk, endanger, jeopardize, venture, compromise,jeopardize, risk, endanger, adventure

The firefighters bravely rushed into the burning building to save the trapped family.

The doctor worked tirelessly to save the patient's life during the surgery.

The charity organized a fundraiser to save endangered wildlife.

The construction workers used every tool at their disposal to save the crumbling bridge.