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$ \mathrm{save}^1 |sāv|
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/icons/point.icon RESCUE, DELIVER, REDEEM, RANSOM, RECLAIM, SAVE mean to set free from confinement or danger.
RESCUE implies freeing from imminent danger by prompt or vigorous action.
e.g. rescued the crew of a sinking ship
DELIVER implies release usually of a person from confinement, temptation, slavery, or suffering.
e.g. delivered his people from bondage
REDEEM implies releasing from bondage or penalties by giving what is demanded or necessary.
e.g. job training designed to redeem school dropouts from chronic unemployment
RANSOM specifically applies to buying out of captivity.
e.g. tried to ransom the kidnap victim
RECLAIM suggests a bringing back to a former state or condition of someone or something abandoned or debased.
e.g. reclaimed long-abandoned farms
SAVE may replace any of the foregoing terms; it may further imply a preserving or maintaining for usefulness or continued existence.
e.g. an operation that saved my life
verb with object
1. keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger:
〈人･物･事が〉〈人･物〉を救う, 助ける; 〖save A from B〗 B〈危険･害など〉からA〈人･物〉を救う (!Bは〖名詞〗〖動名〗)
e.g. she saved a boy from drowning.
prevent (someone) from dying:
e.g. the doctors did everything they could to save him.
(in Christian use) preserve (a person's soul) from damnation.
〘宗〙 【罪などから】〈人〉を救う «from»
keep (someone) in health (used in exclamations and formulaic expressions):
e.g. God save the Queen.
2. keep and store up (something, especially money) for future use:
〈人が〉〈金〉を蓄える, ためる; 〖～ A for B/to do〗 B〈物･事〉の［…する］ためにA〈金〉をためる
e.g. she had never been able to save much from her salary
〈人が〉 «…に備えて/…するために» 貯金する(up) «for/to do»
e.g. no object : you can save up for retirement in a number of ways.
preserve (something) by not expending or using it:
〖save A(on B)〗 〈人が〉(B〈物･事〉の)A〈金･時間･エネルギーなど〉を節約する; 〖save AB〗 A〈人〉にとってB〈金額など〉の節約になる (!A is saved B.の受け身文は可能だが, B is saved A.としない)
e.g. save your strength till later.
in imperative (save it) North American informal used to tell someone to stop talking:
｟米話｠ 黙っていてくれ (!相手の意見をこれ以上聞きたくない時に用いる)
e.g. save it, Joey—I'm in big trouble now.
3. Computing keep (data) by moving a copy to a storage location, especially from memory:
〘コンピュ〙 【ディスクなどに】〈データ〉を保存する, セーブする «to»
e.g. save it to a new file.
4. avoid the need to use up or spend (money, time, or other resources):
〈人が〉〈不愉快［不便］なこと〉をしなくて済むようにする, …のむだを省く; 〖save AB〗 A〈人など〉のB〈事〉の手間を省く; 〖save A(from) doing〗 A〈人など〉が…することを不要にする
e.g. save $20 on a new camcorder
e.g. with two objects : an efficient dishwasher would save them one year and three months at the sink.
avoid, lessen, or guard against:
人などが〉〈面目など〉を保つ; 〈物〉を守る, 保護する
e.g. this approach saves wear and tear on the books
e.g. with two objects : the statement was made to save the government some embarrassment.
5. prevent an opponent from scoring (a goal or point) in a game or from winning (the game):
e.g. the powerful German saved three match points.
(of a goalkeeper in soccer and hockey) stop (a shot) from entering the goal.
〘スポーツ〙 〈ゴール･得点〉を防ぐ
Baseball (of a relief pitcher in certain game situations) finish (a game) while preserving a winning position gained by another pitcher.
〘野球〙 〈救援投手が〉〈試合〉をセーブする
noun
1. Baseball an instance of a relief pitcher saving a game.
〘野球〙 (ピッチャーの)セーブ(ポイント)(╳save pointとしない)
(in soccer and hockey) an act of preventing an opponent's scoring:
〘サッカー〙 (キーパーが)相手の得点を防ぐこと
e.g. the keeper made a great save.
Bridge another term for sacrifice.
2. Computing an act of saving data to a storage location, usually the hard drive:
e.g. the recovery feature enables you to retrieve most of the edits you made since the last save.
PHRASES
save one's breath
see breath.
save the day (or save the situation)
find or provide a solution to a difficulty or disaster.
save face (or save someone's face)
see face.
save someone's life
prevent someone's dying by taking specific action.
(cannot do something to save one's life) be completely incompetent at doing something:
e.g. Adrian couldn't draw to save his life.
save someone's skin (or save someone's neck)
rescue someone from danger or difficulty.
save someone the trouble (or save someone the bother)
avoid involving someone in useless or pointless effort:
e.g. write it down and save yourself the trouble of remembering.
DERIVATIVES
savable |ˈsāvəb(ə)l (also saveable) adjective
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French sauver, from late Latin salvare, from Latin salvus ‘safe’. The noun dates from the late 19th century.
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preposition & conjunction formal or literary
except; other than:
｟かたく｠ …を除いては, …以外は(except) (!｟英｠ では｟古/文｠ )
e.g. no one needed to know save herself
e.g. the kitchen was empty save for Boris.
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French sauf, sauve, from Latin salvo, salva (ablative singular of salvus ‘safe’), used in phrases such as salvo jure, salva innocentia ‘with no violation of right or innocence’.