Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An act or episode of rescuing, saving.

    Rettung

    спасе́ниеspasénije

    поряту́нокporjatúnok

  2. (countable, uncountable)A liberation, freeing.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The act of unlawfully freeing a person, or confiscated goods, from custody.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.

    The rescue of Jerusalem was the original motive of the Crusaders

  5. (countable, uncountable)A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A rescuee.

    The dog was a rescue with some behavior issues.

More definitions
  • recovery or preservation from loss or danger

Examples

591 sentences
  1. Tom died trying to rescue Mary.

    Том загинув, намагаючись врятувати Мері. — deniko

    ruТом погиб, пытаясь спасти Мэри. — marafon

    deTom starb bei dem Versuch, Maria zu retten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I was trying to rescue Tom.

    Я намагався врятувати Тома. — deniko

    ruЯ пытался спасти Тома. — Olya

  3. I didn't rescue anybody.

    Я нікого не врятував. — deniko

    ruЯ никого не спас. — marafon

  4. Tom helped rescue Mary.

    Том допоміг врятувати Мері. — deniko

    ruТом помог спасти Мэри. — odexed

  5. I helped rescue Tom.

    Я допоміг врятувати Тома. — deniko

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act of rescuing, saving:
Русский
By meaning 1
act of rescuing, saving:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of rescuing, saving:

Origin

From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin pre

From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere (“to shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“to shake”). Displaced native Old English nerian.

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Forms

plural: rescues
Singularrescue
Pluralrescues

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

16 related words

Collocations

8 patterns
  • was rescued by
  • trying to rescue
  • the rescue team
  • rescue workers
  • rescue team
  • rescued the child
  • rescued by a
  • to be rescued

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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