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resave

resave verb: to save again.

Verb

resave (third-person singular simple present resaves, present participle resaving, simple past and past participle resaved)

  1. to save again.
    • Before you resize and resave a bunch of files at once, try this procedure on just one contact photo first to see if it fixes the problem.2009 August 27, J.D. Biersdorfer, “Missing Photos on the BlackBerry”, in New York Times

Forms of resave

third-person singular presentresaves
present participleresaving
past participleresaved
pastresaved
alternative formre-save

Origin of resave

From re- + save.

Questions about resave

What does resave mean?
Resave means to save again.
What part of speech is resave?
Resave is a verb.
What is the past tense of resave?
The past tense of resave is resaved.

Words near resave in the dictionary

  1. resaturated
  2. resaturates
  3. resaturating
  4. resaturation
  5. resaturations
  6. resave
  7. resaved
  8. resaves
  9. resaving
  10. resaw
  11. resawed

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