What part of speech is saving?

Saving can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. saving is a verb, gerund of save (infinitive).
  • 2. saving is a noun, singular of savings.
  • 3. saving is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • saving 
    more saving
    most saving
  • Positive: saving 
  • Comparative: more saving
  • Superlative: most saving

What does saving mean?

Definitions

Adjective

saving - characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow
saving - bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love"

Verb

save - spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now"
save - to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"
save - spend less; buy at a reduced price
save - accumulate money for future use; "He saves half his salary"
save - bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack"
save - make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time"
save - save from sins
save - save from ruin, destruction, or harm
save - record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
save - refrain from harming
save - retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"

Noun

save - (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring; "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save"

Examples of saving

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution.
2. adj. Saving faith.
3. verb Also we do not address calculation of a termination payment in the event of a change in law as the long form does -- again, more in the interest of "saving space" than anything else...
4. verb A Quebec man was awarded a Carnegie Medal for bravery on Monday for saving two friends by fighting off a polar bear with a pocket knife two years ago on Baffin Island.
5. verb The bronze medal is given to people who "risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others."
6. verb Abby is our beloved friend, and we are trying to raise money for her any way we can, so this prize money is important to help her continue to receive her life-saving treatments.
7. verb Her grant for the life saving treatments she needs has run out, and we need to help her to continue to receive these treatments.
8. verb Cast a vote for Beyond Control, and help us provide Abby with her life saving treatments again.
9. verb So I can start saving now hehe.
10. verb Since Mac wants to buy a new Mustang, he is saving money.
11. verb So we are saving up in order to buy them.
12. verb She is saving money to go abroad.
13. verb We're saving up to build a new house.
14. verb I'm saving up so that I can go to Australia.
15. verb I'm saving up to buy a new car.
16. verb I'm saving money for a car.
17. verb The boy deserved praise for saving the child's life.
18. noun The company once again went into the red. It is beyond saving.
19. noun Some day you will come to realize the importance of saving.
20. noun I forgot that the daylight saving time ended last week.
21. noun A national campaign for energy saving is underway.
22. noun After the war, the diligence and the saving of the Japanese gave an impression which is strong in the American.
23. noun It took years of saving, but their seagoing vacation come true at last.
24. noun He deposited 100 dollars in his saving account.
25. noun He cleaned out his saving on betting.
26. noun He withdrew the last dollar of his saving.
27. noun Tom deposited 1,000 dollars in his saving account.
28. noun Tom doesn't understand the value of saving.
29. noun Can Tatoeba contribute to the saving of endangered languages?
30. noun Tom deposited three hundred dollars in his saving account.
31. noun Do you think these letters are worth saving?
32. noun Every life is worth saving.
Sentence  
adj.
Wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution.
Saving faith.
verb
Also we do not address calculation of a termination payment in the event of a change in law as the long form does -- again, more in the interest of "saving space" than anything else...
A Quebec man was awarded a Carnegie Medal for bravery on Monday for saving two friends by fighting off a polar bear with a pocket knife two years ago on Baffin Island.
The bronze medal is given to people who "risk their lives to an extraordinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others."
Abby is our beloved friend, and we are trying to raise money for her any way we can, so this prize money is important to help her continue to receive her life-saving treatments.
Her grant for the life saving treatments she needs has run out, and we need to help her to continue to receive these treatments.
Cast a vote for Beyond Control, and help us provide Abby with her life saving treatments again.
So I can start saving now hehe.
Since Mac wants to buy a new Mustang, he is saving money.
So we are saving up in order to buy them.
She is saving money to go abroad.
We're saving up to build a new house.
I'm saving up so that I can go to Australia.
I'm saving up to buy a new car.
I'm saving money for a car.
The boy deserved praise for saving the child's life.
noun
The company once again went into the red. It is beyond saving.
Some day you will come to realize the importance of saving.
I forgot that the daylight saving time ended last week.
A national campaign for energy saving is underway.
After the war, the diligence and the saving of the Japanese gave an impression which is strong in the American.
It took years of saving, but their seagoing vacation come true at last.
He deposited 100 dollars in his saving account.
He cleaned out his saving on betting.
He withdrew the last dollar of his saving.
Tom deposited 1,000 dollars in his saving account.
Tom doesn't understand the value of saving.
Can Tatoeba contribute to the saving of endangered languages?
Tom deposited three hundred dollars in his saving account.
Do you think these letters are worth saving?
Every life is worth saving.

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