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SAYV/seɪv/

Save your coins, or save a person from danger — keep something for later, or rescue someone. Save up for a bike, save time, save electricity. Spend is the opposite of saving money. Rescue covers only the danger meaning. Safe is the adjective.

Meaning

To keep money or something else for later, or to stop someone being hurt.

Examples

• “She saves a little money each month.”
• “I’m saving for a new laptop.”
• “The lifeguard saved the child in the pool.”

Good to know

save money / time / a life. Opposite (money): spend. Adjective: safe.

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