LOSE (OR SAVE) FACE

Meaning of LOSE (OR SAVE) FACE in English

lose ( or save) face

incur (or avoid) humiliation.

→ face

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

SAVE — I. ˈsāv verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English saven, from Old French sauver, salver, from Late Latin salvare, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOSE — I. ˈlüz verb ( lost ; lost ˈlȯst also ˈläst ; losing ; loses ) Etymology: alteration (probably influenced in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FACE — I. ˈfās noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin facia, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOSE — (v. t.) To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; …
Английский словарь Webster
LOSE — ( v. t. ) To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SAVE — save 1 — savable, saveable , adj. — savableness, saveableness , n. — saver , n. /sayv/ , v. , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOSE
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FACE — — faceable , adj. /fays/ , n. , v. , faced, facing . n. 1. the front part of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SAVE — I. ˈsāv verb ( saved ; sav·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French salver, from Late Latin salvare, from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FACE — I. ˈfās noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin * facia, from Latin facies make, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOSE — verb ( lost ˈlȯst ; los·ing ˈlü-ziŋ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English losian to perish, lose, from los destruction; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SAVE — conj except; unless. 2. save ·noun the herb sage, or salvia. 3. save ·adj to hold possession or use of; …
Webster English vocab
LOSE — vt to cause to part with; to deprive of. 2. lose ·vt to prevent from gaining or obtaining. 3. lose …
Webster English vocab
FACE — vi to present a face or front. 2. face ·noun the style or cut of a type or font of …
Webster English vocab
SAVE — [save] vb saved ; sav.ing [ME, fr. OF salver, fr. LL salvare, fr. L salvus safe--more at safe] vt (13c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LOSE — [lose] vb lost ; los.ing [ME, fr. OE losian to perish, lose, fr. los destruction; akin to OE leosan to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SAVE — / seɪv; NAmE / verb , noun , preposition , conjunction ■ verb KEEP SAFE 1. [ vn ] save …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOSE — / luːz; NAmE / verb ( lost , lost / lɒst; NAmE lɑːst; lɔːst/) NOT FIND 1. [ vn ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FACE — / feɪs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun FRONT OF HEAD 1. the front part of the head between …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAVE — I. save 1 S1 W1 /seɪv/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ save , ↑ saver , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOSE — lose S1 W1 /luːz/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle lost /lɒst $ lɒːst/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FACE — I. face 1 S1 W1 /feɪs/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SAVE — prep. & conj. archaic or poet. --prep. except; but (all save him). --conj. (often foll. by for) unless; but; except …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SAVE — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (often foll. by from) rescue, preserve, protect, or deliver from danger, harm, discredit, etc. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOSE — v. (past and past part. lost) 1 tr. be deprived of or cease to have, esp. by negligence or misadventure. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FACE — n. & v. --n. 1 the front of the head from the forehead to the chin. 2 the expression of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SAVE — prep. & conj. archaic or poet. prep. except; but (all save him). conj. (often foll. by for) unless; but; except …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SAVE — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (often foll. by from) rescue, preserve, protect, or deliver from danger, harm, discredit, etc. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOSE — v. (past and past part. lost) 1 tr. be deprived of or cease to have, esp. by negligence or misadventure. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FACE — n. & v. n. 1 the front of the head from the forehead to the chin. 2 the expression of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SAVE — 1. v. & n. --v. 1. tr. (often foll. by from) rescue, preserve, protect, or deliver from danger, harm, discredit, …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
LOSE — v. (past and past part. lost) 1. tr. be deprived of or cease to have, esp. by negligence or misadventure. …
Oxford English vocab
FACE — n. & v. --n. 1. the front of the head from the forehead to the chin. 2 the expression of …
Oxford English vocab
FACE — I. NOUN USES /feɪs/ ( faces) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Please …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAVE — ( saves, saving, saved) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOSE — ( loses, losing, lost) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAVE — (~s, saving, ~d) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SAVE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be saved from extinction ▪ There are hopes that the animals have now been …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOSE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FACE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAVE — (KEEP) [verb] - to keep (something, esp. money) for use in the futureI've been saving for almost a year and …
Cambridge English vocab
LOSE — (BE DEFEATED) [verb] [past:] lost - to fail to succeed in (a game, competition, etc.)If we lose this game, we're …
Cambridge English vocab
SAVE — Synonyms and related words : abet, abstain, accumulate, aid, amass, anticipate, aside from, assist, avail, avert, backlog, bail out, bar, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOSE — Synonyms and related words : be bereaved of, be found wanting, be unsuccessful, bereave, bite the dust, bow, bow to, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SAVE — I. noun in football/soccer, hockey, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ brilliant , excellent , fine , good , great , magnificent , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LOSE — verb 1 not keep ADVERB ▪ forever VERB + LOSE ▪ be about to , be going to , be …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SAVE — INDEX: save money 1. to save money 2. to have money you have saved 3. the money you have saved …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOSE — INDEX: lose/can’t find 1. to be unable to find someone or something 2. someone or something that you cannot find …
Longman Activator English vocab
SAVE — n. 25B6; verb the captain was saved by his crew : RESCUE, come to someone's rescue, save someone's life; set …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOSE — v. 25B6; verb I've lost my watch : MISLAY, misplace, be unable to find, lose track of, leave (behind), fail …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SAVE — < editor , programming , storage > To copy data to a more permanent form of storage. The term is …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
FACE — n. 1 visage, countenance, physiognomy, features, lineaments, Slang mug, mush, kisser, pan, puss, Brit phiz, phizog, dial, clock I don't …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SAVE — 1. гл. 1) спасать to save smb.'s life ≈ спасать жизнь (кому-л.) to save smb. from drowning ≈ спасать утопающего …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OR — I союз или, иначе Make haste or else you will be late. ≈ Торопитесь, иначе вы опоздаете. or so ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LOSE — гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - lost 1) а) не сохранять, терять (что-л.); утрачивать, лишаться (чего-л.) I lost …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FACE — 1. сущ. 1) а) лицо; физиономия; лик to look smb. in the face ≈ смотреть кому-л. в глаза to powder …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SAVE — save.ogg 1. seıv n 1. остановка шайбы вратарём ( хоккей ) 2. предотвращение прорыва ( футбол ) to effect a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Concise Oxford English vocab

← LORY LOSE CASTE→