save

Regular
Infinitive
save
Past Simple
saved
Past Participle
saved
-ing Form
saving
3rd Person
saves
save saves saving saved

Save means to rescue from danger, to keep for future use, or to avoid waste. Regular verb: save-saved-saved.

Meanings

  • To rescue from harm or danger
  • To keep money or resources for later
  • To preserve or protect from loss

Common Collocations

save money save time save lives save energy save the day

Tip for Learners

Save has multiple uses: rescue (save a life), preserve (save the file), economize (save money).
Present Simple
I save
you save
he/she/it saves
we save
they save
Examples - Present Simple
  • I save money every month.
  • You save lives as a doctor.
  • She saves coupons.
  • We save the environment.
  • They save for retirement.
Present Continuous
I am saving
you are saving
he/she/it is saving
we are saving
they are saving
Examples - Present Continuous
  • I am saving money.
  • You are saving lives.
  • She is saving coupons.
  • We are saving the environment.
  • They are saving for retirement.
Present Perfect
I have saved
you have saved
he/she/it has saved
we have saved
they have saved
Examples - Present Perfect
  • I have saved money.
  • You have saved lives.
  • She has saved coupons.
  • We have saved the environment.
  • They have saved for retirement.
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been saving
you have been saving
he/she/it has been saving
we have been saving
they have been saving
Examples - Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been saving money.
  • You have been saving lives.
  • She has been saving coupons.
  • We have been saving the environment.
  • They have been saving for retirement.
Past Simple
I saved
you saved
he/she/it saved
we saved
they saved
Examples - Past Simple
  • I saved money.
  • You saved lives.
  • She saved coupons.
  • We saved the environment.
  • They saved for retirement.
Past Continuous
I was saving
you were saving
he/she/it was saving
we were saving
they were saving
Examples - Past Continuous
  • I was saving money.
  • You were saving lives.
  • She was saving coupons.
  • We were saving the environment.
  • They were saving for retirement.
Past Perfect
I had saved
you had saved
he/she/it had saved
we had saved
they had saved
Examples - Past Perfect
  • I had saved money.
  • You had saved lives.
  • She had saved coupons.
  • We had saved the environment.
  • They had saved for retirement.
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been saving
you had been saving
he/she/it had been saving
we had been saving
they had been saving
Examples - Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been saving money.
  • You had been saving lives.
  • He had been saving coupons.
  • We had been saving the environment.
  • They had been saving for retirement.
Future Simple
I will save
you will save
he/she/it will save
we will save
they will save
Examples - Future Simple
  • I will save money.
  • You will save lives.
  • She will save coupons.
  • We will save the environment.
  • They will save for retirement.
Future Continuous
I will be saving
you will be saving
he/she/it will be saving
we will be saving
they will be saving
Examples - Future Continuous
  • I will be saving money.
  • You will be saving lives.
  • He will be saving coupons.
  • We will be saving the environment.
  • They will be saving for retirement.
Future Perfect
I will have saved
you will have saved
he/she/it will have saved
we will have saved
they will have saved
Examples - Future Perfect
  • I will have saved money.
  • You will have saved lives.
  • She will have saved coupons.
  • We will have saved the environment.
  • They will have saved for retirement.
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been saving
you will have been saving
he/she/it will have been saving
we will have been saving
they will have been saving
Examples - Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been saving money.
  • You will have been saving lives.
  • He will have been saving coupons.
  • We will have been saving the environment.
  • They will have been saving for retirement.
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