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SAVING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Recovery or preservation from loss or danger
Example:
a surgeon's job is the saving of lives
Synonyms:
deliverance; delivery; rescue; saving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("saving" is a kind of...):
recovery; retrieval (the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saving"):
lifesaving (saving the lives of drowning persons)
redemption; salvation ((theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil)
reclamation; reformation (rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course)
salvage (the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire)
salvage (the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction)
salvation (saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation)
search and rescue mission (a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An act of economizing; reduction in cost
Example:
there was a saving of 50 cents
Synonyms:
economy; saving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("saving" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saving"):
curtailment; downsizing; retrenchment (the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable)
economy of scale (the saving in cost of production that is due to mass production)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The activity of protecting something from loss or danger
Synonyms:
preservation; saving
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("saving" is a kind of...):
protection (the activity of protecting someone or something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saving"):
environmentalism (the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction)
conservation (the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources)
self-preservation (preservation of yourself from harm; a natural or instinctive tendency)
reservation (the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion)
immobilisation; immobilization (fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
Example:
redemptive (or redeeming) love
Synonyms:
redeeming; redemptive; saving
Classified under:
Similar:
good (morally admirable)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by thriftiness
Example:
wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution
Classified under:
Similar:
thrifty (careful and diligent in the use of resources)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb save
Context examples:
This event had at last been despaired of, but it was then too late to be saving.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
All his journeys were ruggedly performed; for he was always steadfast in a purpose of saving money for Emily's sake, when she should be found.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Well, very soon I found that I was saving considerable sums of money.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then he implored me to keep his secret for three days longer, so as to give his wretched accomplice a chance of saving his guilty life.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If he had more room, he would be able to put in a score of labor-saving and money-saving improvements.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
For example, you may be saving to send your tuition payment to your university or to make an investment in your business (if self-employed).
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I would never marry after threescore, but live in a hospitable manner, yet still on the saving side.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
They leapt with delight, put out their heads, and cried to him: “We will remember you and repay you for saving us!”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Spray-on bandages could help protect wounds and deliver life-saving drugs in far-flung places where immediate medical care is not available, according to a new study.
(Scientists Develop Spray Gun to Paint Bandages onto Wounds, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
And speaking of gratitude reminds me to mention that you may thank Hannah for saving your wedding cake from destruction.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
