keeping

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːpɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -iːpɪŋ

Noun

keeping (countable and uncountable, plural keepings)

1. conformity or harmony.

   The songs are new but in keeping with tradition.

   The foreground of this painting is not in keeping.

2. charge or care.
   • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567:

     His happiness is in his own keeping.

3. Maintenance; support; provision; feed.

   The cattle have good keeping.

   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398, page 75:

     The work of many hands, which earns my keeping

Translations

charge or care

• Bulgarian: задържане n (zadǎržane), запазване (bg) n (zapazvane)

Maintenance; support; provision

• Bulgarian: поддръжка (bg) f (poddrǎžka), грижи (bg) f (griži)

Verb

keeping

1. present participle of keep

Derived terms

• in keeping with
• out of keeping with

Anagrams

• peeking