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1. (n.) keeping
agreement or conformity in things or elements associated together:
actions in keeping with one's words.
2. keeping
the act of a person or thing that keeps; observance, custody, or care.
3. keeping
maintenance or keep.
Etymology: (1250–1300)
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| Definition of 'keeping' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) keeping
conformity or harmony
"his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion"
2. (noun) guardianship, keeping, safekeeping
the responsibility of a guardian or keeper
"he left his car in my keeping"
3. (noun) retention, keeping, holding
the act of retaining something
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| Definition of 'keeping' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) keeping
a holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation
2. (noun) keeping
maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping
3. (noun) keeping
conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other
4. (noun) keeping
harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping
5. keeping
of Keep
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Sense: care or charge
The money had been given into his keeping.
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Afrikaans: onderhou, bewaar |
Arabic: عنايَه، مَسؤوليَّه |
Bulgarian: съхранение |
Brazilian: sustento |
Czech: opatrování |
German: der Gewahrsam |
Danish: varetægt |
Greek: φύλαξη, φροντίδα |
Spanish: cuidado |
Estonian: hoid |
Farsi: نگهداری؛ تصدی |
Finnish: hoito |
French: garde |
Hebrew: שְׁמִירָה |
Hindi: सुरक्षा, देख-भाल |
Croatian: čuvanje |
Hungarian: tartás |
Indonesian: tanggung jawab |
Icelandic: varðveisla |
Italian: custodia |
Japanese: 保管 |
Korean: 관리, 보존 |
Lithuanian: saugojimas |
Latvian: glabāšana; pārziņa; turēš |
Malay: simpanan |
Dutch: bewaring |
Norwegian: varetekt, forvaring |
Polish: piecza |
Persian: نگهداری؛ تصدی |
Pashto: ساتل،په غاړه لرل |
Portuguese: sustento |
Romanian: păstrare |
Russian: сохранность |
Slovak: úschova |
Slovenian: varstvo |
Serbian: čuvanje |
Swedish: förvar, vård |
Thai: การเฝ้า; การดูแล; การอารั |
Turkish: bakım, muhafaza |
Taiwanese: 照顧,保管 |
Ukrainian: догляд; опіка |
Urdu: حفاظت |
Vietnamese: sự giữ gìn |
Chinese: 保管 |
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