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English noun: save | |||
| 1. | save (act) (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring | ||
| Samples | The goalie made a brilliant save. The relief pitcher got credit for a save. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bar, prevention | ||
| Domain category | athletics, sport | ||
English verb: save | |||
| 1. | save (social) save from ruin, destruction, or harm | ||
| Synonyms | relieve, salvage, salve | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deliver, rescue | ||
| 2. | save (possession) to keep up and reserve for personal or special use | ||
| Samples | She saved the old family photographs in a drawer. | ||
| Synonyms | preserve | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hold on, keep | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | conserve, economise, economize, enter, husband, put down, record | ||
| 3. | save (social) bring into safety | ||
| Samples | We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack. | ||
| Examples | They save him from writing the letter | ||
| Synonyms | bring through, carry through, pull through | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deliver, rescue | ||
| 4. | save (possession) spend less; buy at a reduced price | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something on somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | scrimp, skimp, stint | ||
| Entail | buy, purchase | ||
| 5. | save (possession) accumulate money for future use | ||
| Samples | He saves half his salary. | ||
| Examples | They save the money | ||
| Synonyms | lay aside, save up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cache, hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away, stash | ||
| 6. | save (change) make unnecessary an expenditure or effort | ||
| Samples | This will save money. I'll save you the trouble. This will save you a lot of time. | ||
| Synonyms | make unnecessary | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent | ||
| 7. | save (social) save from sins | ||
| Synonyms | deliver, redeem | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Domain category | faith, organized religion, religion | ||
| 8. | save (social) refrain from harming | ||
| Synonyms | spare | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | forbear, refrain | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | favor, favour | ||
| 9. | save (possession) spend sparingly, avoid the waste of | ||
| Samples | This move will save money. The less fortunate will have to economize now. | ||
| Synonyms | economise, economize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drop, expend, spend | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | tighten one's belt | ||
| 10. | save (possession) retain rights to | ||
| Samples | Keep my job for me while I give birth. Keep my seat, please. Keep open the possibility of a merger. | ||
| Synonyms | hold open, keep, keep open | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | book, hold, reserve | ||
| Verb group | hold on, keep | ||
| 11. | save (communication) record data on a computer | ||
| Samples | Boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk. | ||
| Synonyms | write | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | record, tape | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | overwrite | ||
| Domain category | computer science, computing | ||
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