Transcription
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- [lahyf sey-ving]
- /laɪf ˈseɪ vɪŋ/
- /laɪf ˈseɪvɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lahyf sey-ving]
- /laɪf ˈseɪ vɪŋ/
Definitions of life-saving word
- noun life-saving a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning. 1
- noun life-saving a person or thing that saves a person, as from a difficult situation or critical moment: That money was a lifesaver. 1
- noun life-saving Chiefly British. a lifeguard. 1
- adjective life-saving A life-saving drug, operation, or action is one that saves someone's life or is likely to save their life. 0
- uncountable noun life-saving You use life-saving to refer to the skills and activities connected with rescuing people, especially people who are drowning. 0
- adjective life-saving acting to save a person's life 0
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Origin of life-saving
First appearance:
before 1880 One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; life + saver
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Parts of speech for Life-saving
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
life-saving popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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