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- [sey-ving]
- /ˈseɪ vɪŋ/
- /ˈseɪvɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sey-ving]
- /ˈseɪ vɪŋ/
Definitions of saving word
- adjective saving tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving. 1
- adjective saving compensating; redeeming: a saving sense of humor. 1
- adjective saving thrifty; economical: a saving housekeeper. 1
- adjective saving making a reservation: a saving clause. 1
- noun saving an act or instance of saving, especially in sports. 1
- noun saving Baseball. a statistical credit given a relief pitcher for preserving a team's victory by holding its lead in a game. 1
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Origin of saving
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at save1, -ing2, -ing1
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Parts of speech for Saving
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
saving popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
saving usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for saving
prep saving
- apart from — You use apart from when you are making an exception to a general statement.
noun saving
- cleanup — A cleanup is the removing of dirt, pollution, crime, or corruption from somewhere.
- conservation — Conservation is saving and protecting the environment.
- cut — If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- deliverance — Deliverance is rescue from imprisonment, danger, or evil.
- disentanglement — Removal of, or extrication from twists, tangles, complications or confusion.
adj saving
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- good for — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- ironfisted — ruthless, harsh, and tyrannical: an ironfisted dictator.
- mingy — mean and stingy; niggardly.
- economical — avoiding waste or extravagance; thrifty: an economical meal; an economical use of interior space.
preposition saving
- except — Specify as not included in a category or group; exclude.
adjective saving
- extenuatory — Tending to extenuate or palliate.
- liberating — That serves to liberate, especially to free the mind to accept new ideas.
- niggard — an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person.
- niggardly — reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- wary — watchful; being on one's guard against danger.
conjunction saving
- nisi — not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies): a decree nisi.
Antonyms for saving
noun saving
- barrens — (in North America) a stretch of usually level land that is sparsely vegetated or barren
- binge — If you go on a binge, you do too much of something, such as drinking alcohol, eating, or spending money.
- brushland — an area of land characterized by patchy shrubs and bushes
- compotation — the act of drinking together in a company
- dissipation — the act of dissipating.
adj saving
- dissipative — to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
- in-continent — unable to restrain natural discharges or evacuations of urine or feces.
adjective saving
- extravagant — Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.
- lavish — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- wasteful — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
- wasting — not used or in use: waste energy; waste talents.
Top questions with saving
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