Definitions for holding
ˈhoʊl dɪŋhold·ing

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. retention, keeping, holdingnoun

   the act of retaining something

2. property, belongings, holdingnoun

   something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

   "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. holdingnoun

   Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.

2. holdingnoun

   A determination of law made by a court.

3. holdingnoun

   A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Holding

   of Hold

2. Holdingnoun

   the act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining

3. Holdingnoun

   a tenure; a farm or other estate held of another

4. Holdingnoun

   that which holds, binds, or influences

5. Holdingnoun

   the burden or chorus of a song

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Holding

   The holding is a court's determination of a matter of law based on the issue presented in the particular case. In other words: under this law, with these facts, this result.

Matched Categories

1. • Possession

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'holding' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1433

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'holding' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2036

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'holding' in Nouns Frequency: #1985

How to pronounce holding?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say holding in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of holding in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of holding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of holding in a Sentence

1. Dorothee Solle:

   If my hands are fully occupied in holding on to something, I can neither give nor receive.

2. Police Christopher Botsch on Saturday:

   The empty corner tear did NOT contain any illegal substance; however, this type of packaging is a common method for holding illegal drugs.

3. George Orwell:

   Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.

4. Sundar Pichai:

   Throughout Google's history we have given our employees a lot of voice and say in it, but we don't run the company by holding referendums, it's an important input we take seriously. But even on this particular issue it's not what the employees said, its more the debate within the AI community.

5. David Fowler:

   This is one of those cases where you have so many conflicting different manners, the carbon monoxide would usually be classified as an accident, although somebody was holding him there, so you could elevate that to a homicide.

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