What does keeping mean?

Definitions for keeping
ˈki pɪŋkeep·ing

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word keeping.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. keepingnoun

    conformity or harmony

    "his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion"

  2. guardianship, keeping, safekeepingnoun

    the responsibility of a guardian or keeper

    "he left his car in my keeping"

  3. retention, keeping, holdingnoun

    the act of retaining something

GCIDE

  1. Keepingnoun

    Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other; his levity is not in keeping with the seriousness of the occasion.

Wiktionary

  1. keepingnoun

    conformity or harmony.

    The songs are new but in keeping with tradition.

  2. keepingnoun

    charge or care.

Wikipedia

  1. Keeping

    Keeping is a surname.

ChatGPT

  1. keeping

    Keeping refers to the act of maintaining or retaining something or someone in an appropriate or desired state or condition. It involves taking care of, preserving, or looking after something or someone with the intention of ensuring their well-being, functionality, or existence. The concept of keeping can apply to a wide range of aspects including physical objects, relationships, personal health, finances, or even emotions. It implies responsibility, attention, and effort to ensure that the subject remains in a desired or satisfactory state over time.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Keeping

    of Keep

  2. Keepingnoun

    a holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation

  3. Keepingnoun

    maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping

  4. Keepingnoun

    conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other

  5. Keepingnoun

    harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. KEEPING

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Keeping is ranked #113791 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Keeping surname appeared 154 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Keeping.

    99.3% or 153 total occurrences were White.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'keeping' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1794

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'keeping' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1381

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of keeping in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of keeping in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of keeping in a Sentence

  1. Donald Trump:

    I had a conversation like every president does. You sit with the president of various countries, i do it with all countries. We had a great conversation, we were talking about Israel and securing Israel and lots of other things and it was a great conversation. I'm not keeping anything under wraps. I couldn't care less.

  2. Mohamed El-Erian:

    I wouldn't be surprised if this notion of the Fed having to be sufficiently confident about inflation creeps in as a way of keeping markets from rushing to the terminal value.

  3. Gopal Krishna Agarwal:

    There's a demand, there's a debate - all my colleagues are saying what's the need of keeping the fiscal deficit in check when there is a distress in a particular sector, even think-tanks associated with us are talking in this sense. Very few people domestically are talking about fiscal prudence. Only foreign think-tanks are talking fiscal prudence, fiscal prudence. I strongly believe an expansionary policy can benefit the party.

  4. Naquasia LeGrand:

    This comes down to holding McDonald's accountable for keeping workers in poverty.

  5. Forrest Claypool:

    With scarce resources, staff furloughs and painful budget cuts, CPS is keeping a close watch on every dollar, barbara Byrd-Bennett and her co-conspirators knew the district's dire straits and still concocted this scheme to divert needed resources away from classrooms and line their own pockets.

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