Meaning

15 senses
  1. To prevent harm or difficulty.

    (transitive)To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.

    She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.

    We were able to save a few of our possessions from the house fire.

    retten

    спаса́тьspasátʹ, спасти́spastí

    рятува́тиrjatuváty, врятува́тиvrjatuváty

  2. (transitive)To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.

  3. (transitive)To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.

    make unnecessary an expenditure or effort

  4. (especially, transitive)To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.

    Jesus Christ came to save sinners.

    erretten

    спаса́тьspasátʹ, спасти́spastí

  5. (transitive)To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).

  6. (transitive)To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.

  7. To put aside; to avoid.

    (transitive)To store for future use.

    Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back.

    sichern, speichern

    копи́тьkopítʹ, скопи́тьskopítʹ, накопи́тьnakopítʹ

    accumulate money for future use

  8. (transitive)To conserve or prevent the wasting of.

    Save electricity by turning off the lights when you leave the room.

    sparen

    эконо́митьekonómitʹ, сэконо́митьsɛkonómitʹ

  9. (transitive)To obviate or make unnecessary.

  10. (intransitive, transitive)To write a file to disk or other storage medium.

    Where did I save that document? I can't find it on the desktop.

    speichern

    сохраня́тьsoxranjátʹ, сохрани́тьsoxranítʹ, записа́тьzapisátʹ

    зберіга́тиzberiháty, записа́тиzapysáty

  11. (intransitive)To economize or avoid waste.

    sparen

    эконо́митьekonómitʹ, сэконо́митьsɛkonómitʹ

    заоща́джуватиzaoščádžuvaty, заоща́дитиzaoščádyty, еконо́митиekonómyty

    spend sparingly, avoid the waste of

  12. (intransitive, transitive)To accumulate money or valuables.

    sparen

    копи́тьkopítʹ, скопи́тьskopítʹ, накопи́тьnakopítʹ

    збира́тиzbyráty, назбира́тиnazbyráty

Examples

2554 sentences
  1. Tom saved her from the fire.

    Том врятував її під час пожежі.

    ruТом спас её из огня.

    deTom rettete sie aus dem Feuer.

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  2. I'm saving money for a car.

    Я заощаджую гроші на машину.

    ruЯ коплю деньги на машину.

    deIch spare Geld für ein Auto.

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  3. The new medicine saved his life.

    Нові ліки спасли його життя.

    ruНовое лекарство спасло ему жизнь.

    deDas neue Medikament rettete sein Leben.

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  4. Are you going to save us?

    Ви нас врятуєте?

    ruВы нас спасёте?

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  5. Tom wanted to save the world.

    Том хотів урятувати світ.

    ruТом хотел спасти мир.

    deTom wollte die Welt retten.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
to help someone to survive, or rescue someone:
computing: to write a file to a storage medium:
to economize:
to accumulate money:
Русский
By meaning 4
to help someone to survive, or rescue someone:
to store for future use:
to conserve or prevent the wasting of:
computing: to write a file to a storage medium:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to help someone to survive, or rescue someone:
Christianity: to redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation:
to store for future use:
to conserve or prevent the wasting of:

Origin

From Middle English saven, sauven, a borrowing from Old French sauver, from Late Latin sal

From Middle English saven, sauven, a borrowing from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvāre (“to save”). Displaced native Old English nerian.

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Forms

saves, saving, saved, saved
Base formsave · to save
3rd person singularsaves
Present participlesaving
Past simplesaved
Past participlesaved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysave
he, she, itsaves

Past simpleLesson

all personssaved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave saved
he, she, ithas saved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill save

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

19 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

35 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • saving saving
  • saving saving money
  • is saving saving
  • saving saving up
  • trying to save
  • to save money
  • save money
  • save a lot
  • for saving saving
  • saving saving this
  • start saving saving
  • saved your life

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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