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lifesaving

lifesaving

9 3.3
Skill of rescuing people from drowning or other dangerous situations, often in water
  • noun
  • /ˈlaɪfˌseɪvɪŋ/
translation icon : salvamento
  • Back at school in NZ, we had to do lifesaving.
  • lifesaving drugs
  • lifesaving treatment
  • lifesaving surgery

Examples

  • "It's an important step forward in connecting people to the lifesaving care they need.

    Blog text (16)
  • I knew that lifesaving class would come in handy.

  • In fact, I already consider myself to be in the lifesaving business.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • "The following lifesaving measures must be observed.

  • We have ten beds here for patients in need of lifesaving.

  • Medical innovation is key to providing cutting-edge, lifesaving technologies to patients.

    Blog text (7)
  • On the U.S. side of the border, several U.S. activist groups continue their humanitarian work in the Arizona desert, providing water and lifesaving medical attention to border crossers.

    Academic text (2012)
  • LUCKY I TOOK THAT LIFESAVING CLASS AT THE YWCA.

  • Hofmann set one of his young students, William Henry Perkin, to the task of transforming sludgy coal tar into lifesaving medicine.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Lifeguards are trained in lifesaving techniques to help rescue people from drowning.

Synonyms

saving
vslifesaving
2 2.1

Protecting people or things from danger

is a trained practice focused on water and other life-threatening rescues

Surface Forms

lifesaving singular
lifesavings plural

Morphology

lifesaving = life + saving (transparent) = life + saving

Direct compound of 'life' + 'saving' meaning the practice or act of saving lives; meaning is readily derivable by learners.

Etymology

Lifesaving is made of the two simple words life ('life') and saving ('to save' or 'keep alive'), so as a noun it means the skill or practice of saving people from danger, especially from drowning.