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keeping en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Conformity or harmony.
    • The foreground of this painting is not in keeping.
    • The songs are new but in keeping with tradition.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Charge or care.
    • His happiness is in his own keeping. 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
  3. (countable, uncountable) Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
    • The work of many hands, which earns my keeping 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 75:
    • The cattle have good keeping.

Forms

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Translations (15)

bg задържане (charge or care) · cs péče (charge or care) · hu őrzés (charge or care) · eo gardado (charge or care) · cs péče (maintenance; support; provision) · bg грижи (maintenance; support; provision) · bg поддръжка (maintenance; support; provision) · hu megőrzés (charge or care) · hu fenntartás (maintenance; support; provision) · bg запазване (charge or care) · hu gondozás (maintenance; support; provision) · hu őrizet (charge or care) · cs udržování (charge or care) · cs živobytí (maintenance; support; provision) · hu tartás (maintenance; support; provision)

keeping en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of keep
    form of keep

Deriveds

housekeeping · book-keeping · petkeeping · keep on keeping on · time keeping · barkeeping · tavernkeeping · groundskeeping · keeping-room · peacekeeping · storekeeping · wicket-keeping gloves · seakeeping · time-keeping · keeping room · innkeeping · watchkeeping · recordkeeping · zookeeping · Sabbath-keeping · stock-keeping unit · wicketkeeping · hotelkeeping · book keeping · scorekeeping · safekeeping · timekeeping · stationkeeping · saloonkeeping · fishkeeping · record-keeping · beekeeping · gamekeeping · homekeeping · shopkeeping · rangekeeping · birdkeeping · greenkeeping · out of keeping with · safe-keeping · in keeping with