what does saving mean?
SAVING as NOUN
- Meaning
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
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- work is the deliverance of mankind
- a surgeon’’s job is the saving of lives
Hypernyms(s) saving is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- an act of economizing
- reduction in cost
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- it was a small economy to walk to work every day
- there was a saving of 50 cents
Hypernyms(s) saving is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
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Hypernyms(s) saving is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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SAVING as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- characterized by thriftiness
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- wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution- Ellen Glasgow
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