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saved

saved

1.0
A person or thing kept safe from harm
  • adjective
  • /seɪvd/
translation icon : salvado
  • People at the time clearly thought that they'd been saved from disaster.

People at the time clearly thought that they'd been saved from disaster.

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Examples

  • But I am concerned because I don't have very much saved for retirement.

  • Oh my God, the Union had been saved, or had it?

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  • You're going to be spent on stuff or saved, OK.

  • OK Albina, I'm saved at the gas pump.

  • Thanks to his quick thinking, the trapped hikers were saved from the rising floodwaters.

  • The historical artifacts were carefully saved from destruction during the renovation of the museum.

  • After years of hard work, she finally had enough money saved to buy a new house.

Synonyms

protected
vssaved
1 2.0

Kept safe from harm or danger

is the same idea but used more generally
conserved
vssaved
4.5

Kept safe and used carefully so it is not lost or damaged

focuses on general protection rather than careful management or preservation

Antonyms

vulnerable
581 4.0

At risk of being harmed, attacked or influenced

endangered
163 4.6

At serious risk of disappearing and becoming extinct unless protected

Idioms

saved by the bell
  • Informal
1 5.6

To avoid trouble at the last moment because something interrupts

How Safe

secure
318 3.2
protected
1 2.0
saved
1.0
preserved
3.0
threatened
  • Specialized
4.1
vulnerable
581 4.0

Surface Forms

saved positive
saver comparative
saviest superlative

Morphology

saved = save (transparent) = save + ed

Standard adjectival past-participle formation from the verb 'save'; the meaning 'protected from harm' is directly derived.

Etymology

Saved comes from the old Latin root salv- meaning 'safe', a root you also see in safe and salvation. So to be saved is to be kept 'safe' from harm, loss, or destruction.