Definitions for held
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. heldadjective

   occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

   "enemy-held territory"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Heldthe preterite and part. pass. of hold.

   A rich man beginning to fall, is held up of friends. Ecclus.

   If Minerva had not appeared and held his hand, he had executed his design. Dryden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. held

   Held refers to being in possession or control of something or being kept or reserved for a specific purpose or time. It can also refer to the act of keeping or maintaining a physical or mental grip on something or someone.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Held

   imp. & p. p. of Hold

2. Held

   of Hold

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Held

   "Held" is a song by Smog, released as his first single from his 1999 album Knock Knock. The original Drag City-release featured the second single "Cold Blooded Old Times" as a b-side. "Held" is sometimes covered during concerts by American indie rock band Spoon. The song also appeared in the 60 and 30-seconds-versions of a commercial advertising the 2008 Cadillac Escalade.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Held

   pa.t. and pa.p. of hold.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HELD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Held is ranked #4896 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Held surname appeared 7,195 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Held.
   
   95.5% or 6,875 total occurrences were White.
   1.9% or 142 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.1% or 80 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 48 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 33 total occurrences were Black.
   0.2% or 17 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'held' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #294

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'held' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1282

How to pronounce held?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say held in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of held in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of held in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of held in a Sentence

1. Angela Valero:

   I held back the tears.

2. Sheila Jackson Lee:

   Here's the point for all of those being held in Russia, all of those Americans being held in Russia on false charges, they should be released now.

3. Simon Coveney:

   This is driving a fury across the European Union within the public as to why can’t we stop this, they want people held to account for the decisions taken and the brutality that we have seen.

4. Jeff Sessions:

   If we do our duty to prosecute most cases, then children inevitably for a period of time might be held.

5. Caitlin Sutherland:

   This is a disturbing display of partisanship and favoritism by a government agency, when no comparable events were held for the three previous Supreme Court Justices, no gala for Gorsuch, no concert for Kavanaugh, no bash for Barrett.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=held
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=held
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/held
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=held
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=held
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html