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How to pronounce saving
Say it like this: /ˈseɪ.vɪŋ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does saving mean?
nounA reduction in cost or expenditure.
“The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.”
Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
“I invested all my savings in gold.”
The action of the verb to save.
adjThat saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
Preserving; rescuing.
“He is the saving strength of his anointed.”
Thrifty; frugal.
prepSynonym of save (“except for”)
“And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.”
Without disrespect to.
“Saving your presence.”
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