save

[[t]se͟ɪv[/t]]

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saves, saving, saved

1) VERB If you save someone or something, you help them to avoid harm or to escape from a dangerous or unpleasant situation.

[V n] ...a final attempt to save 40,000 jobs in Britain's troubled aero industry...

[V n] One man was still missing last night after the Belgian trawler Lucky capsized off the Dutch coast. Three other men were saved...

[V n from n/-ing] A new machine no bigger than a 10p piece could help save babies from cot death...

[V n from n/-ing] The national health system saved him from becoming a cripple.

Derived words:

-saving COMB in ADJ

His boxing career was ended after two sight-saving operations.

2) VERB If you save, you gradually collect money by spending less than you get, usually in order to buy something that you want.

The majority of people intend to save, but find that by the end of the month there is nothing left...

[V for n] Tim and Barbara are now saving for a house in the suburbs...

[V n] They could not find any way to save money.

PHRASAL VERB

Save up means the same as save.

V P for n Julie wanted to put some of her money aside for holidays or save up for something special... Also V n P V P n (not pron) People often put money aside in order to save up enough to make one major expenditure.

3) VERB If you save something such as time or money, you prevent the loss or waste of it.

[V n] It saves time in the kitchen to have things you use a lot within reach...

[V n] More cash will be saved by shutting studios and selling outside-broadcast vehicles...

[V n n] I'll try to save him the expense of a flight from Perth...

[V on n] I got the fishmonger to skin the fish which helped save on the preparation time. [Also V n on n]

Ant:

waste

Derived words:

-saving COMB in ADJ

America was among the first to invent and use labor-saving devices in industry and mining.

4) VERB If you save something, you keep it because it will be needed later.

[V n] Drain the beans thoroughly and save the stock for soup...

[V n] Scraps of material were saved, cut up and pieced together for quilts. [Also V n n]

5) VERB If someone or something saves you from an unpleasant action or experience, they change the situation so that you do not have to do it or experience it.

[V n] The scanner will reduce the need for exploratory operations which will save risk and pain for patients...

[V n from n/-ing] She was hoping that something might save her from having to make a decision...

[V n n] He arranges to collect the payment from the customer, thus saving the client the paperwork.

6) VERB If a goalkeeper saves, or saves a shot, they succeed in preventing the ball from going into the goal.

[V n] He saved one shot when the ball hit him on the head. [Also V]

N-COUNT

Save is also a noun.

Spurs could have had several goals but for some brilliant saves from John Hallworth.

7) PREP You can use save to introduce the only things, people, or ideas that your main statement does not apply to. [FORMAL]

There is almost no water at all in Mochudi save that brought up from bore holes.

Syn:

apart from

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PHR-PREP Save for means the same as save.

The parking lot was virtually empty save for a few cars clustered to one side.

Syn:

apart from

8) to save someone's bacon → see bacon

to save the day → see day

to save face → see face

Phrasal Verbs:

- save up