keeping

noun

keep·ing ˈkē-piŋ How to pronounce keeping (audio)

: conformity

in keeping with good taste

out of keeping with the decor

: the act of one that keeps: such as

: custody, maintenance

: observance

: a reserving or preserving for future use

: the means by which something is kept : support, provision

: the state of being kept or the condition in which something is kept

the house is in good keeping

Example Sentences

put the house keys into a neighbor's secure keeping while they were on vacation my aunt has all of our family's old photographs in her keeping

Recent Examples on the Web The mark is not only the hottest nightly average for July, but for any month in 128 years of record keeping, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climatologist Karin Gleason.

Seth Borenstein, Chron, 13 Aug. 2022 The mark is not only the hottest nightly average for July, but for any month in 128 years of record keeping, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climatologist Karin Gleason.

Seth Borenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022 The new record highlights the increasing unpredictability of the PCT and the difficulty of record-keeping for a trail whose length and course now changes every year due to wildfire.

Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 10 Aug. 2022 This year, the sport has faced the hottest spring on the Indian subcontinent in more than a century of record keeping and the hottest day ever in Britain.

New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022 Utqiaġvik, a city of 5,000, saw 1.42 inches of rain on Tuesday, more than any other day in more than 100 years of record keeping, surpassing 1.28 inches from a rainstorm in July 1987.

Jacob Feuerstein, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2022 Utqiagvik, a city of 5,000 formerly known as Barrow, saw 1.42 inches of rain on Tuesday, more than any other day in more than 100 years of record keeping, surpassing 1.28 inches from a rainstorm in July 1987.

Jacob Feuerstein, Washington Post, 27 July 2022 The first six months of 2022 were the 4th hottest such period for Atlanta in more than 90 years of record-keeping.

Drew Kann, ajc, 26 July 2022 The Alps’ glaciers are on track for their highest mass losses in at least 60 years of record keeping, data shared exclusively with Reuters shows.

Reuters, NBC News, 26 July 2022 See More

keeping 1 of 2

noun

as in custody

responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something put the house keys into a neighbor's secure keeping while they were on vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

custody
care
control
safekeeping
ward
management
trust
custodianship
guardianship
hand(s)
supervision
superintendence
governorship

as in hands

the fact or state of having (something) at one's disposal my aunt has all of our family's old photographs in her keeping

Synonyms & Similar Words

hands
enjoyment
control
possession
ownership
retention
claiming
power
proprietorship
procurement
mastery
dominion
commandeering
collaring
command
confiscation
repossession
authority

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

surrendering
relinquishment
nonpossession
dispossession
transferal

as in adherence

the following of a custom, rule, or law the keeping of religious laws and traditions

Synonyms & Similar Words

adherence
compliance
observation
conformity
conformance
observance
upholding
obedience
respect
abidance
deference
regard
surrender
attendance
attention
acquiescence
submission
honor
accession
heed
notice

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

ignoring
violation
breach
infringement
contravention
disregard
forgetting
transgression
trespass
infraction
neglect
delinquency
challenge
offense
nonobservance
offence
overlooking
sin
wrong
defiance
rebellion
dereliction
brush-off
flouting

as in shape

a state of being or fitness the estate hasn't been in good keeping since the owner suffered financial reverses

Synonyms & Similar Words

shape
health
condition
trim
repair
form
order
estate
practice
kilter
nick
standing
fettle
practise
pass
situation
posture
phase
status
footing
stage
picture
scene
rank

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

disorder
disrepair

keeping

2 of 2

verb

present participle of keep

as in celebrating

to mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony keep the Sabbath by not working

Synonyms & Similar Words

celebrating
commemorating
observing
remembering
honoring
blessing
sanctifying
praising
consecrating
lauding
memorializing
fêting
feting
solemnizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

breaking
violating
ignoring
forgetting
neglecting
disregarding
transgressing
overlooking
blowing off

as in retaining

to continue to have in one's possession or power the money is yours to keep keep my secret and don't tell it to anyone

Synonyms & Similar Words

retaining
holding
preserving
saving
having
protecting
possessing
conserving
withholding
reserving
enjoying
guarding
owning
managing
controlling
holding on to
boasting
hanging on to
detaining
directing
cherishing
hugging
harboring
ruling
commanding
treasuring
bearing
clinging (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

giving
releasing
yielding
relinquishing
abandoning
surrendering
dropping
contributing
ceding
dumping
handing over
donating
discarding
losing
rejecting
declining
handing out
repudiating
giving up
spurning

as in fulfilling

to do what is required by the terms of make sure you keep your promise to help out at the homeless shelter

Synonyms & Similar Words

fulfilling
satisfying
completing
meeting
filling
finalizing
answering
achieving
making good
redeeming
making
finishing
accomplishing
executing
effecting
abiding by
perfecting
making good on
complying (with)
consummating
performing
concluding
carrying out
bringing about
committing
discharging
bringing off
compassing
following through (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

breaking
violating
breaching
transgressing
ignoring
forgetting
neglecting
disregarding
overlooking
defaulting (on)
slighting
passing over
overpassing

as in storing

to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability I keep extra toothbrushes for unexpected overnight guests

Synonyms & Similar Words

storing
stowing
housing
packing
repositing
filing
warehousing
hangaring
putting up
shelving
garaging
cellaring

as in maintaining

to pay the living expenses of agreed to keep both of their children in off-campus housing until they graduated and found jobs

Synonyms & Similar Words

maintaining
supporting
financing
funding
taking care of
sponsoring
underwriting
providing (for)
staking
patronizing
footing the bill (for)
setting up

as in managing

to look after and make decisions about enlisted a relative to keep the store while she was away

Synonyms & Similar Words

managing
operating
controlling
supervising
overseeing
handling
regulating
running
conducting
governing
protecting
guiding
directing
administering
tending
administrating
overlooking
superintending
stewarding
steering
carrying on
watching
safeguarding
watching over
leading
guarding
presiding (over)
minding
piloting
micromanaging
comanaging
codirecting
stage-managing
co-managing
caring (for)
co-directing

as in controlling

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) try to keep your composure no matter what happens

Synonyms & Similar Words

controlling
regulating
containing
curbing
restraining
holding
checking
measuring
suppressing
taming
stifling
governing
stopping
constraining
inhibiting
ruling
bridling
pulling in
interrupting
repressing
swallowing
strangling
hindering
impeding
hampering
squelching
smothering
blocking
obstructing
reining (in)
holding back
arresting
muffling
sinking
mincing
silencing
pocketing
handcuffing
muzzling
gagging
choking (back)
bottling (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

losing
expressing
loosening
liberating
loosing
venting
unleashing
airing
taking out

as in protecting

to drive danger or attack away from may God bless and keep you

Synonyms & Similar Words

protecting
defending
safeguarding
guarding
shielding
securing
preventing
saving
warding
preserving
fending
covering
conserving
fencing
screening
resisting
bulwarking
withstanding
fighting
forfending
opposing
averting
standing up for
battling
contending
warring
picketing
walling
buffering
palisading

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

attacking
assaulting
assailing
bombarding
storming
submitting
yielding
overrunning
besieging
besetting
caving
capitulating

单词	keeping
释义	keeping noun keep·ing ˈkē-piŋ 1 : conformity in keeping with good taste out of keeping with the decor 2 : the act of one that keeps: such as a : custody, maintenance b : observance c : a reserving or preserving for future use 3 a : the means by which something is kept : support, provision b : the state of being kept or the condition in which something is kept the house is in good keeping Synonyms care custodianship custody guardianship safekeeping trust ward See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences put the house keys into a neighbor's secure keeping while they were on vacation my aunt has all of our family's old photographs in her keeping Recent Examples on the Web The mark is not only the hottest nightly average for July, but for any month in 128 years of record keeping, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climatologist Karin Gleason. Seth Borenstein, Chron, 13 Aug. 2022 The mark is not only the hottest nightly average for July, but for any month in 128 years of record keeping, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climatologist Karin Gleason. Seth Borenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022 The new record highlights the increasing unpredictability of the PCT and the difficulty of record-keeping for a trail whose length and course now changes every year due to wildfire. Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 10 Aug. 2022 This year, the sport has faced the hottest spring on the Indian subcontinent in more than a century of record keeping and the hottest day ever in Britain. New York Times, 4 Aug. 2022 Utqiaġvik, a city of 5,000, saw 1.42 inches of rain on Tuesday, more than any other day in more than 100 years of record keeping, surpassing 1.28 inches from a rainstorm in July 1987. Jacob Feuerstein, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2022 Utqiagvik, a city of 5,000 formerly known as Barrow, saw 1.42 inches of rain on Tuesday, more than any other day in more than 100 years of record keeping, surpassing 1.28 inches from a rainstorm in July 1987. Jacob Feuerstein, Washington Post, 27 July 2022 The first six months of 2022 were the 4th hottest such period for Atlanta in more than 90 years of record-keeping. Drew Kann, ajc, 26 July 2022 The Alps’ glaciers are on track for their highest mass losses in at least 60 years of record keeping, data shared exclusively with Reuters shows. Reuters, NBC News, 26 July 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2 Phrases Containing keeping in keeping with keeping a watching brief in someone's keeping keeping room how are you keeping what is keeping someone keeping company with the likes of out of keeping with in keeping with keeping a watching brief in someone's keeping keeping room how are you keeping what is keeping someone keeping company with the likes of out of keeping with See More Kids Definition keeping noun keep·ing ˈkē-piŋ 1 : watchful attention : care The money was left in her keeping. 2 : a proper or fitting relationship : harmony He wrote a report in keeping with the facts. keeping 1 of 2 noun 1 as in custody responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something put the house keys into a neighbor's secure keeping while they were on vacation Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance custody care control safekeeping ward management trust custodianship guardianship hand(s) supervision superintendence governorship 2 as in hands the fact or state of having (something) at one's disposal my aunt has all of our family's old photographs in her keeping Synonyms & Similar Words hands enjoyment control possession ownership retention claiming power proprietorship procurement mastery dominion commandeering collaring command confiscation repossession authority Antonyms & Near Antonyms surrendering relinquishment nonpossession dispossession transferal 3 as in adherence the following of a custom, rule, or law the keeping of religious laws and traditions Synonyms & Similar Words adherence compliance observation conformity conformance observance upholding obedience respect abidance deference regard surrender attendance attention acquiescence submission honor accession heed notice Antonyms & Near Antonyms ignoring violation breach infringement contravention disregard forgetting transgression trespass infraction neglect delinquency challenge offense nonobservance offence overlooking sin wrong defiance rebellion dereliction brush-off flouting See More 4 as in shape a state of being or fitness the estate hasn't been in good keeping since the owner suffered financial reverses Synonyms & Similar Words shape health condition trim repair form order estate practice kilter nick standing fettle practise pass situation posture phase status footing stage picture scene rank Antonyms & Near Antonyms disorder disrepair keeping 2 of 2 verb present participle of keep 1 as in celebrating to mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony keep the Sabbath by not working Synonyms & Similar Words celebrating commemorating observing remembering honoring blessing sanctifying praising consecrating lauding memorializing fêting feting solemnizing Antonyms & Near Antonyms breaking violating ignoring forgetting neglecting disregarding transgressing overlooking blowing off See More 2 as in retaining to continue to have in one's possession or power the money is yours to keep keep my secret and don't tell it to anyone Synonyms & Similar Words retaining holding preserving saving having protecting possessing conserving withholding reserving enjoying guarding owning managing controlling holding on to boasting hanging on to detaining directing cherishing hugging harboring ruling commanding treasuring bearing clinging (to) Antonyms & Near Antonyms giving releasing yielding relinquishing abandoning surrendering dropping contributing ceding dumping handing over donating discarding losing rejecting declining handing out repudiating giving up spurning See More 3 as in fulfilling to do what is required by the terms of make sure you keep your promise to help out at the homeless shelter Synonyms & Similar Words fulfilling satisfying completing meeting filling finalizing answering achieving making good redeeming making finishing accomplishing executing effecting abiding by perfecting making good on complying (with) consummating performing concluding carrying out bringing about committing discharging bringing off compassing following through (with) Antonyms & Near Antonyms breaking violating breaching transgressing ignoring forgetting neglecting disregarding overlooking defaulting (on) slighting passing over overpassing See More 4 as in storing to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability I keep extra toothbrushes for unexpected overnight guests Synonyms & Similar Words storing stowing housing packing repositing filing warehousing hangaring putting up shelving garaging cellaring 5 as in maintaining to pay the living expenses of agreed to keep both of their children in off-campus housing until they graduated and found jobs Synonyms & Similar Words maintaining supporting financing funding taking care of sponsoring underwriting providing (for) staking patronizing footing the bill (for) setting up 6 as in managing to look after and make decisions about enlisted a relative to keep the store while she was away Synonyms & Similar Words managing operating controlling supervising overseeing handling regulating running conducting governing protecting guiding directing administering tending administrating overlooking superintending stewarding steering carrying on watching safeguarding watching over leading guarding presiding (over) minding piloting micromanaging comanaging codirecting stage-managing co-managing caring (for) co-directing 7 as in controlling to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) try to keep your composure no matter what happens Synonyms & Similar Words controlling regulating containing curbing restraining holding checking measuring suppressing taming stifling governing stopping constraining inhibiting ruling bridling pulling in interrupting repressing swallowing strangling hindering impeding hampering squelching smothering blocking obstructing reining (in) holding back arresting muffling sinking mincing silencing pocketing handcuffing muzzling gagging choking (back) bottling (up) Antonyms & Near Antonyms losing expressing loosening liberating loosing venting unleashing airing taking out See More 8 as in protecting to drive danger or attack away from may God bless and keep you Synonyms & Similar Words protecting defending safeguarding guarding shielding securing preventing saving warding preserving fending covering conserving fencing screening resisting bulwarking withstanding fighting forfending opposing averting standing up for battling contending warring picketing walling buffering palisading Antonyms & Near Antonyms attacking assaulting assailing bombarding storming submitting yielding overrunning besieging besetting caving capitulating See More
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