save
To prevent harm or difficulty.
Verb 2 meanings
To prevent harm or difficulty.
“She was saved from drowning by a passer-by.”
To put aside; to avoid.
“Let's save the packaging in case we need to send the product back.”
Noun 3 meanings
An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
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.”
A saving throw.
Preposition 1 meaning
Except; with the exception of.
Conjunction 1 meaning
Unless; except.
Etymology
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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SAVE at a glance
SAVE has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (S 1 + A 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #721 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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