Meaning

7 senses
  1. An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.

  2. An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.

    In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.

    The goaltender made a great save.

    сейвsejv

    (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring

  3. A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.

    Jones retired seven to earn the save.

  4. (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.

  5. (informal)An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.

    Nice save.

  6. The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.

    If you're hit by a power cut, you'll lose all of your changes since your last save.

    The game console can store up to eight saves on a single cartridge.

  7. A saving throw.

Examples

2554 sentences
  1. Tom saved her from the fire.

    Том врятував її під час пожежі. — deniko

    ruТом спас её из огня. — marafon

    deTom rettete sie aus dem Feuer. — Hans_Adler

  2. I'm saving money for a car.

    Я заощаджую гроші на машину. — ChickenKiev

    ruЯ коплю деньги на машину. — soweli_Elepanto

    deIch spare Geld für ein Auto. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. The new medicine saved his life.

    Нові ліки спасли його життя. — deniko

    ruНовое лекарство спасло ему жизнь. — ae5s

    deDas neue Medikament rettete sein Leben. — Dejo

  4. Are you going to save us?

    Ви нас врятуєте? — deniko

    ruВы нас спасёте? — marafon

  5. Tom wanted to save the world.

    Том хотів урятувати світ. — deniko

    ruТом хотел спасти мир. — marafon

    deTom wollte die Welt retten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
block that prevents an opponent from scoring:

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

plural: saves
Singularsave
Pluralsaves

regular

Word family

8 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

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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