"auto-save" meaning in English

See auto-save in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-auto-save.wav Forms: auto-saves [plural]
Etymology: From auto- + save. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|auto|save}} auto- + save Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} auto-save (countable and uncountable, plural auto-saves)
  1. (video games) Alternative form of autosave. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: autosave
    Sense id: en-auto-save-en-noun-cd-1Xlq8 Categories (other): Video games, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with auto-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with auto-: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: video-games

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-auto-save.wav Forms: auto-saves [present, singular, third-person], auto-saving [participle, present], auto-saved [participle, past], auto-saved [past]
Etymology: From auto- + save. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|auto|save}} auto- + save Head templates: {{en-verb}} auto-save (third-person singular simple present auto-saves, present participle auto-saving, simple past and past participle auto-saved)
  1. (video games) Alternative form of autosave. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: autosave
    Sense id: en-auto-save-en-verb-cd-1Xlq8 Categories (other): Video games, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with auto-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with auto-: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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