save
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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.