keeping
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkiːpɪŋ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -iːpɪŋ
Noun
keeping (countable and uncountable, plural keepings)
- Conformity or harmony.
- The songs are new but in keeping with tradition.
- The foreground of this painting is not in keeping.
- Charge or care.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
- His happiness is in his own keeping.
- Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
- The cattle have good keeping.
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 75:
- The work of many hands, which earns my keeping
Translations
charge or care
maintenance; support; provision
Verb
keeping
- present participle and gerund of keep
Derived terms
- barkeeping
- beekeeping
- birdkeeping
- book-keeping
- book keeping
- fishkeeping
- gamekeeping
- greenkeeping
- groundskeeping
- homekeeping
- hotelkeeping
- housekeeping
- in keeping with
- innkeeping
- keeping room
- keeping-room
- keep on keeping on
- out of keeping with
- peacekeeping
- petkeeping
- rangekeeping
- record-keeping
- recordkeeping
- Sabbath-keeping
- safekeeping
- safe-keeping
- saloonkeeping
- scorekeeping
- seakeeping
- shopkeeping
- stationkeeping
- stock-keeping unit
- storekeeping
- tavernkeeping
- time-keeping
- time keeping
- timekeeping
- watchkeeping
- wicketkeeping
- wicket-keeping gloves
- zookeeping