Talk:save

Latest comment: 5 months ago by Equinox in topic save shot

Salvation edit

Where do we put the Christian sense of saved as in Have you been saved? or Only the saved will get into heaven? On the one hand, the uninflected form is also used, as in Only Jesus Christ can save sinners. On the other hand, the form saved has, in some subjective sense, a life of its own.

Can I get an amen? -dmh 14:07, 3 May 2005 (UTC)Reply

  Done We now have both. Equinox 15:04, 15 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Other intransitive sense edit

Does this have another intransitive sense, "to be written to disk"? As in "the file saved."? (Actually, what I'm really trying to figure out is whether this verb is ergative) Similar question goes for "load" and "reload", and also "refresh" ("The webpage refreshed."?) — This unsigned comment was added by Language Lover (talkcontribs) at 06:46, 10 February 2007.

Missing sense edit

As in when someone accidentally insults someone, then says something quickly to recover the situation, and a third person says, often jokingly, "good save!" ---> Tooironic 11:11, 1 August 2010 (UTC)Reply

Noun edit

Etymology is for the verb. From when is the noun attested? Middle English? Modern English? Mglovesfun (talk) 21:31, 17 December 2010 (UTC)Reply

save shot edit

This term has been in the news a lot since the death of the musician Prince. It seems to be an emergency injection given to try to counteract a drug overdose. Equinox 15:03, 15 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

  Done Equinox 10:10, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Possible missing sense edit

Chambers 1908 has a transitive verb sense "to be in time for". I don't quite see how this would be used. (I saved the bus? lol) Equinox 10:09, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

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