save

/seɪv/

US pronunciation

American sound/seɪv/

save

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

US voice -> save

Myanmar meaning

(v) ကယ်ဆယ်သည်။ သိမ်းဆည်းသည်။ ပိုက်ဆံစုမိသည်။ လျှော့ဈေးဖြင့်ဝယ်သည်။ လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်ယူထားသည်။ ကွန်ပြူတာပေါ်တွင် အချက်အလက်များသိမ်းထားသည်။ saves, saved, saving

Full entry

save¹ /seÇv / v

၁။ ~ sb/sth (from sth/doing sth ) ကယ်သည်။ save sb's life ❍ It was too late for the doctors to save her and she died that night. ❍ save sb from drowning ❍ save a person from himself (eg from the results of his own foolish actions) ❍ Can the firm be saved from closure? ❍ He's trying to save their marriage. သူ့အိမ်ထောင် မပြိုကွဲရ လေအောင် သူကြိုးပမ်းနေပါတယ်။ ❍ She saved the set (ie at tennis) by winning the next game.
၂။ ~ (sth) (up) (for sth) (ငွေ)စုသည်။ You spend too much — you should start saving. ❍ I'm saving (up) for a new bike. ❍ We've been saving up to go to Australia. ❍ save some money every month ❍ She's managed to save up a few hundred pounds. ❍ save money for a house.
၃။ ~ sth (for sb/sth) ချန်/ဖယ်ထားသည်။ Don't eat all that chocolate now — save some of it. ❍ Save your strength for the hard work you'll have to do later. ❍ Save me some of those sweets/save some for me!
၄။ ~ (on ) sth; ~ sth (on sth) ချွေတာသည်။ သက်သာစေသည်။ save on time and money by shopping at the supermarket ❍ save money on decorating by doing it yourself ❍ Book early and save £50!
၅။ ရှောင်ရှားသည်။ သက်သာရာရစေသည်။ Order the goods by phone and save yourself a journey. ❍ This will save us a lot of trouble. ❍ explain sth clearly to save confusion ❍ Her parents' gift saved her from having to borrow from the bank. ❍ Walking to the office saves (me) spending money on bus fares. See also LABOUR-SAVING
၆။ ~ sb (from sth) ကယ်တင်သည်။ ကယ်မသည်။ He came into the world to save us (from our sins).
၇။ (sport ) (ဂိုးမဝင်အောင်) ဖမ်းသည်၊ ကာကွယ်သည်။ The goalkeeper saved several close-range shots.
n (ဂိုးမဝင်အောင်) ကာကွယ်ခြင်း။ He made some amazing saves.
❏ save one's/sb's bacon [IDM ] (infml ) ကယ်ဆယ်သည်။ ကယ်တင်သည်။ I was nearly bankrupt, but your loan saved my bacon.
❏ save one's breath [IDM ] (လေကုန်ခံ)ပြောမနေနှင့်။ Save your breath — you'll never persuade her.
❏ save the day/situation [IDM ] ဝင်ကယ်လိုက်သည်။ Disagreements threatened to wreck the peace talks, but the President's intervention saved the situation.
❏ save (sb's) face [IDM ] သိက္ခာဆည်သည်။ အရှက်ပြေ (ပြော)သည်။ She'd actually been sacked, but she saved face by telling everyone she'd resigned.
❏ saver n
၁။ (ဘဏ်စသည်တွင်ပုံမှန်) စုဆောင်းသူ။ The rise in interest rates is good news for savers.
၂။ (Brit ) သက်သာနှုန်းထား (ယာဉ်စီး)လက်မှတ်။ an off-peak saver ❍ a saver ticket. See also LIFE-SAVER
❏ save one's (own) skin [IDM ] (infml usu derog ) ကိုယ်လွတ်ရုန်းသွားသည်။ When the rest of the gang were arrested, he saved his own skin by giving evidence against them.
❏ -saving (forming compound adjs ) ချွေတာရေး။ labour-saving devices ❍ energy-saving modifications.
❏ saving grace n (usu sing ) အဖတ်ဆယ်သည့် ကောင်းကွက်။ He may be mean and unreliable, but his one saving grace is his sense of humour.

save² /seÇv/ (also save for ) prep (dated or fml )

မှအပ။ ကလွဲလို့။ We know nothing about her save (for) her name.
conj (dated or fml )
မှအပ။ ကလွဲလို့။ He told us nothing about himself save that he came from Germany.

More examples

Campaigns to save the planet/rainforest/whale
A cure for lung cancer would save thousands of lives each year.
[save someone/something from something] : Only hard work will save this company from bankruptcy.
You can save £25 if you buy your tickets before Saturday.
Travelling by plane is more expensive, but it saves time.
[save someone something] : Democrats argue their plan will save the government money in the future.
[save something on something] : Save up to £10 on your next purchase with this coupon.
Setting down clear rules from the start will save arguments later on.
[save someone something] : If you get some milk on your way home, it’ll save me a trip to the shops.
[save someone doing something] : If you could tell her, that would save me phoning her.
[save someone the trouble/bother/expense (of doing something)] : Buying a machine with a grass box saves you the bother of raking up the grass.
[save something for someone/something] : Let’s have one piece of cake now and save the rest for later.
Save some energy for the end of the race.
Save eight tokens and you can get one of these amazing pens!
I’ve managed to save almost £500 for my holiday.
[save for] : Don’t wait until you’re 40 to start saving for retirement.
[save to do something] : We’ve been saving to buy a new car.
[save something for someone] : Would you please save a place in the queue for me?
[save someone something] : Save me some dinner and I’ll have it when I get in.
Where did you save the file you were working on?
It’s a good idea to save frequently.
Dearden saved a penalty in the second half.

Synonyms

put aside, put away, keep, hoard, set aside, bank, salt away, accumulate, collect, conserve, store, amass, apart from, avert, avoid, bail out, bar, be frugal, be thrifty, besides, cache, come to rescue, cut corners, defend, deliver, deposit, emancipate, except, exclusive of, extricate, feather nest, free, gather, get off the hook, get out of hock, give a break, guard, hide away, hold, hold back, if not, in addition to, keep back, keep safe, keep up, lay aside, lay away, leaving aside, leaving out, liberate, look after, maintain, make ends meet, manage, not counting, not for, other than, outside of, over and above, pile up, pinch pennies, preclude, preserve, prevent, protect, pull out of fire, put by, ransom, recover, redeem, rescue, reserve, resuscitate, retrench, revive, roll back, safeguard, salvage, save for rainy day, save one's neck, screen, scrimp, set free, shield, short of, skimp, sock away, spare, spring, squirrel, stash, stockpile, stop, stow away, sustain, take care of, tighten belt, treasure, unchain, unless, unshackle, with the exception of

Antonyms

abandon, confine, destroy, disperse, distribute, divide, endanger, give, harm, hold, hurt, ignore, including, lay open, leave open, let go, limit, lose, make vulnerable, neglect, restrain, scatter, spend, squander, throw away, use, use up, waste