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, 6th edition, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:

     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, 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

• book-keeping
• book keeping
• in keeping with
• keeping room
• keeping-room
• keep on keeping on
• out of keeping with
• record-keeping
• Sabbath-keeping
• safe-keeping
• stock-keeping unit
• time-keeping
• time keeping
• wicket-keeping gloves

 

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