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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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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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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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