save
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[ seyv ]
/ seɪv /
verb (used with object), saved, sav·ing.
verb (used without object), saved, sav·ing.
noun
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
Baseball.
a statistical credit given a relief pitcher for preserving a team's victory by holding its lead in a game.
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Definition for save (2 of 3)
save
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[ seyv ]
/ seɪv /
preposition
except; but: All the guests had left save one.
conjunction
except; but (usually followed by that): He would have gone, save that he had no means.
Origin of save
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1250–1300; Middle English; variant of
safe
synonym study for save
1. See
except1.
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save
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/ (seɪv) /
verb
noun
sport
the act of saving a goal
computing
an instruction to write information from the memory onto a tape or disk
Derived forms of save
savable or saveable, adjective savableness or saveableness, noun saver, nounWord Origin for save
C13: from Old French
salver, via Late Latin from Latin
salvus safe
British Dictionary definitions for save (2 of 2)
save
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/ (seɪv) archaic, or literary /
preposition
Also: saving (often foll by for)
with the exception of
conjunction
but; except
Word Origin for save
C13
sauf, from Old French, from Latin
salvō, from
salvus safe
Idioms and Phrases with save
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