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Keeping

Definition: Keeping

Keeping

Noun

1. Conformity or harmony; "his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion".

2. The responsibility of a guardian or keeper; "he left his car in my keeping".

3. The act of keeping in your possession.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "keeping" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Synonyms: Keeping

Synonyms: guardianship (n), holding (n), retention (n), safekeeping (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Keeping

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Agreement

Conformity; conformance; uniformity; consonance, consentaneousness, consistency; congruity, congruence; keeping; congeniality; correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union.

Adjective: agreeing, suiting; Verb: in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial; coherent; becoming; harmonious reconcilable, conformable; in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with; Noun: at one with, of one mind, of a piece; consistent, compatible, proportionate; commensurate; on all fours.

Conformity

Adverb: conformably; Adjective: by rule; agreeably to; in conformity with, in accordance with, in keeping with; according to; consistently with; as usual, ad instar, instar omnium; more solito, more-majorum. for the sake of conformity; as a matter of course, of course; pro forma, for form's sake, by the card.

Disagreement

Out of character, out of keeping, out of proportion, out of joint, out of tune, out of place, out of season, out of its element; at odds with, at variance with.

Receptacle

Chamber, apartment, room, cabin; office, court, hall, atrium; suite of rooms, apartment, flat, story; saloon, salon, parlor; by-room, cubicle; presence chamber; sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room; gallery, cabinet, closet; pew, box; boudoir; adytum, sanctum; bedroom, dormitory; refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger; nursery, schoolroom; library, study; studio; billiard room, smoking room; den; stateroom, tablinum, tenement.

Unconformity

Adjective: uncomformable, exceptional; abnormal, abnormous; anomalous, anomalistic; out of order, out of place, out of keeping, out of tune, out of one's element; irregular, arbitrary; teratogenic; lawless, informal, aberrant, stray, wandering, wanton; peculiar, exclusive, unnatural, eccentric, egregious; out of the beaten track, off the beaten track, out of the common, out of the common run; beyond the pale of, out of the pale of; misplaced; funny.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Keeping

English words defined with "keeping": out or keeping. (references)
Specialty definitions using "keeping": KEEPING CULLY. (references)
Etymologies containing "keeping": Studdery. (references)

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Modern Usage: Keeping

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Oh, they've been keeping me really busy on this case (Enemy of the State; writing credit: David Marconi)

Hello, um, you might wanna send a maintenance man to that office across the way because the lights are off and they must be looking for a fuse box or something because them flashlights are keeping me awake (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth)

Look, I'm not nor ever will be losing my sanity It's the only thing keeping me sane (Dead Man's Dream; writing credit: Abner J. Pastoll; Kamma Pastoll)

Alright people, stay with the group and remember here at the bio we're dependent on keeping homo's balanced within the system (Bio-Dome; writing credit: Adam Leff; Mitchell Peck)

Well, my dad's always yelling about the white man keeping him down (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Lyrics

That's why I'm keeping the faith (Keeping The Faith; performing artist: Billy Joel)

That she was keeping a secret fire (Ebony Eyes; performing artist: Bob Welch; writing credit: Bob Welch)

Is keeping all my secrets safe tonight (NOBODY DOES IT BETTER; performing artist: CARLY SIMON)

I, don't mind, if you're keeping someone else behind, (I Don't Want Your Love; performing artist: Duran Duran)

'Cause God's stopped keeping score (Praying For Time; performing artist: George Michael)

Clever

The British have a reputation for keeping calm even when there is no crisis. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Keeping Up with Krazy (1962)

Lighthouse Keeping (1946)

Keeping In Shape (1942)

Little House Keeping (1932)

Keeping Up with Lizzie (1921)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Keeping

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to Keeping Your Garden & Yard Healthy Without (reference)

  • Managing Patient Expectations: The Art of Finding and Keeping Loyal Patients (reference)

  • Keeping a Head in School: A Student's Book About Learning Abilities and Learning Disorders (reference)

  • How to Become a Rainmaker: The Rules for Getting and Keeping Customers and Clients (reference)

  • How to Become a Great Boss: The Rules for Getting and Keeping the Best Employees (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Keeping

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Keeping

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This version of the Ped-O-Jet has a strap that holds vaccine bottle in place keeping the bottle from working loose during operations. Prior to this model, clamps were the only way the bottle was held in place. Credit: CDC.

A sand corridor between the spur and groove formation of the reef. The restoration effort focused on keeping coral fragments off the reef floor and out of the sand corridors where they would become abraded and scoured. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Hauling in herring-seine at Herbert's Fishery, Detroit River Inclosure for keeping fish alive Sketch by L. Kumlien. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Pond fishery, Detroit River; inclosure for keeping fish alive Photograph by U. S. Fish Commission. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

Figure 38. Pettersson and Nansen water bottle for obtaining water and temperature observations. This type of bottle had concentric layers of insulating material for keeping the samples at the temperature at which it was obtained. This type of bottle was used by Nansen on the FRAM in 1893 and also used in 1900 on the MICHAEL SARS in the Norwegian Sea. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Keeping a watchful eye.

U.S. Army General Hospital No. 36, Detroit, Michigan. : Educational Department- Book Keeping, Farm Accounting. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"Rear Admiral Lewis Ashfield Kimberly U.S.N. painted these pictures of the hurricane at Samoa after his retirement while he lived at 72 Perkins St. West Newton, Massachusetts. I can recall his saying that it was the swift and tremendously strong under tow that was a great factor in keeping the U.S.S. Trenton from pounding down on the sharp reefs as each wave threw her upon them. He also spoke of the spontaneous cheer of the men on the Trenton, as the Calliope drew past and went out to sea." Comments by Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, daughter of Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, concerning the sketches of the Apia hurricane that are contained in his personal journal. Credit: NAVY.

Operating off the U.S. east coast, 9 August 1943, with a destroyer keeping company in the background. Credit: NAVY.

Uncle Sam: who's keeping that price up?. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Keeping
 

"Keeping cool" by Loretta Humble
Commentary: "Good looking granddaughter. ."
"Shiny floor" by bizilagun design
Commentary: "Keeping the floor shiny at the Madrid airport."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Keeping

AuthorQuotation

Henry David Thoreau

The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.

Izaak Walton

The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

J. Ogden Armour

There may be luck in getting a good job -- but there's no luck in keeping it.

John Gay

O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on.

John H. Moore

The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after we are in.

John Ruskin

The common practice of keeping up appearances with society is a mere selfish struggle of the vain with the vain.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Thomas Fuller

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.
Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Keeping

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

And if anyone die indebted to the Jews, his wife shall have her dower and pay nothing of that debt; and if any children of the deceased are left under age, necessaries shall be provided for them in keeping with the holding of the deceased; and out of the residue the debt shall be paid, reserving, however, service due to feudal lords; in like manner let it be done touching debts due to others than Jews. (reference)

John Locke

1690

But things not always changing equally, and private interest often keeping up customs and privileges, when the reasons of them are ceased, it often comes to pass, that in governments, where part of the legislative consists of representatives chosen by the people, that in tract of time this representation becomes very unequal and disproportionate to the reasons it was at first established upon. (Second Treatise of Government)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

There shall be paid by the German Government the total cost of all armies of the Allied and Associated Governments in occupied German territory from the date of the signature of the Armistice of November 11, 1918, including the keep of men and beasts, lodging and billeting, pay and allowances, salaries and wages, bedding, heating, lighting, clothing, equipment, harness and saddlery, armament and rolling-stock, air services, treatment of sick and wounded, veterinary and remount services, transport service of all sorts (such as by rail, sea or river, motor lorries), communications and correspondence, and in general the cost of all administrative or technical services the working of which is necessary for the training of troops and for keeping their numbers up to strength and preserving their military efficiency. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Keeping

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

He has been opening the doors very often this evening, and keeping them open very inconsiderately

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Not long ago, I believe he was keeping a little tavern in a village in the suburbs of Paris, at Chelles or at Montfermeil

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Ruthie and Winfield came in quietly, trying by silence and by keeping close to the wall to remain obscure

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Keeping

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Consider keeping your pets indoors. (references)

Endothelial cells are essential in keeping the cornea clear. (references)

By keeping in touch with them, you can share personal feelings and experiences. (references)

Business

Singaporeans are generally concerned about keeping cool in the nation’s tropical climate. (references)

The focus of the Norwegian defense apparatus is moving rapidly toward international peace keeping activities. (references)

Saudi contacts are of prime importance when keeping abreast of developments, directives and upcoming projects. (references)

Children

Singapore

This agency, along with several NGO's, particularly focuses on keeping fathers involved in their children's lives and on preventing child abuse. (references)

Ghana

Additionally children's attendance at school is not enforced regularly by government authorities and parents are rarely, if ever, sanctioned for keeping their children out of school. (references)

Cyprus

Parents thus are forced in many instances to choose between keeping their children with them or sending them to the south for further education (in which case Turkish Cypriot authorities no longer allow them to return permanently to the north). (references)

Civil Liberties

Iran

Baha'is are not allowed to bury and honor their dead in keeping with their religious tradition. (references)

Cambodia

Broadcast journalists reportedly practice self-censorship to enhance prospects for keeping their broadcast license. (references)

Burma

However, in keeping with the confidence-building that has surrounded the talks between the government and Aung San Suu Kyi, the NLD moderated its criticism of the Government in these meetings. (references)

Economic History

China

Finding and keeping engineers and technicians can also be difficult. (references)

Belgium

A final decision on keeping and upgrading or replacing 90 F16s has been postponed. (references)

Bangladesh

Keeping his promise to hold elections, Zia won a 5-year term in June 1978 elections, with 76% of the vote. (references)

Human Rights

China

Government harassment prevents activists from obtaining and keeping steady employment. (references)

Barbados

Aside from this exception, the police force is mostly unarmed, in keeping with its British traditions. (references)

Peru

It returned others to lower courts where they belonged, in keeping with the Organic Law of Judicial Branch. (references)

Indigenous People

Dominica

Although the law has changed, practice is not yet in keeping with the law. (references)

Gabon

Pygmies largely were independent of formal authority, keeping their own traditions, independent communities, and local decision-making structures. (references)

Political Economy

BANGLADESH

A presumed record level of smuggled goods is credited by many for keeping the prices of consumable goods down. (references)

Political Rights

Pakistan

Prior to 1997, in keeping with local traditions, tribal leaders, or maliks, appointed in the governor's name by the central Government's political agents in each agency, elected the FATA National Assembly members. (references)

Trade

Slovak Rep

Slovakia is a member of the WTO and is bound by the GATT Agreement on Implementation of Article VII GATT 1994. In keeping with this, the basis for calculating the import duty is the customs value of the goods, including transportation costs and insurance from the point of loading to the border of Slovakia. (references)

Travel

Spain

Travelers who accept unofficial assistance are advised to protect their valuables by keeping them in sight or locking them in the vehicle. (references)

Women

Nigeria

Purdah, the Islamic practice of keeping girls and women in seclusion from men outside the family, continued in parts of the far north. (references)

Tajikistan

The law prohibits keeping brothels, procuring, making, or selling pornography, infecting another person with a venereal disease, and the sexual exploitation of women; however, prostitutes operate openly at night in certain urban areas. (references)

Guatemala

Many observers believed that increases did not reflect an increase in the number of rapes committed, but rather an increased willingness on the part of victims to come forward, greater public confidence in the police, and improved record keeping of crime statistics. (references)

Worker Rights

Armenia

The Criminal Code specifically prohibits keeping brothels, although prostitution itself is legal. (references)

Jamaica

Striking workers can interrupt work without criminal liability but cannot be assured of keeping their jobs. (references)

Poland

Victims usually are deported as soon as possible in order to avoid any expenses connected with keeping them in detention. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

RITUALISM, n. A Dutch Garden of God where He may walk in rectilinear freedom, keeping off the grass.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Keeping

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dennis Miller

So let's just forget about keeping score, and admit that men and women are equally selfish and petty.

Jerry Lewis

Look at this, you've got to look at this. You've got to look to two powerhouse women of the world. There is the two women that are keeping me alive, thank God. Everyone should have that, and I'm sure many do.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Well, I cannot go on stage without keeping myself in shape, you know. When we work, we work six, seven hours, you know. My working day between eight and seven hours.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Keeping

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829Similar motives have rendered expedient the keeping of a like force on the coasts of Peru and Chile on the Pacific.

Grover Cleveland

1885-1889; 1893-1897To-day the executive branch of the Government is transferred to new keeping.

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969Business, labor, and the consumer all have a high stake in keeping wages and prices within the framework of the guideposts that have already served the Nation so well.

Gerald Ford

1974-1977America must remain first in keeping peace in the world.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981Here again, United States efforts can in large part be credited with keeping hundreds of thousands of people alive.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Keeping America strong is as vital to the national security as controlling Federal spending is to our economic security.

George Bush

1989-1993While keeping our alliances and friendships around the world strong, ever strong, we will continue the new closeness with the Soviet Union, consistent both with our security and with progress.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001I've launched this national initiative on race to help us recognize our common interests and to bridge the opportunity gaps that are keeping us from becoming one America.

George W. Bush

2001-2005Retirement security also depends upon keeping the commitments of Social Security, and we will.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Keeping

"Keeping" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 97.58% of the time. "Keeping" is used about 5,828 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)97.58%5,6871,729
Noun (singular)2.4%14026,789
Noun (proper)0.02%1339,140
                    Total100.00%5,828N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Keeping

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "keeping".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
IshmeraiN/ABiblical

Keeping

JehushN/ABiblical

Keeping counsel

ShamariahN/ABiblical

Throne or keeping of the Lord

ShohamN/ABiblical

Keeping back

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Keeping

Expressions using "keeping": be in good keeping be in keeping with be in safe keeping be out of keeping with bee keeping book keeping have in one's keeping in keeping with keeping a journal keeping aloof keeping an eye on keeping apples keeping awake keeping away keeping away from keeping back keeping of christmas keeping one's distance keeping over night keeping qualities keeping quiet Keeping room keeping secret keeping the command channels keeping to the point keeping up lane keeping assistance lane keeping support system not be in good keeping out of keeping with out or keeping peace keeping peace keeping forces poultry keeping put into safe keeping put smb. in smb.'s keeping put smth. in smb.'s keeping station keeping equipments station keeping radar station keeping system succeed in keeping an eye succeed in keeping an eye on. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "keeping": keeping-place, keeping-stores.

Ending with "keeping": book-keeping, brothel-keeping, house-keeping, in-keeping, koi-keeping, law-keeping, peace-keeping, pig-keeping, record-keeping, time-keeping, wicket-keeping.

Containing "keeping": book-keeping by double entry, height-keeping error, keeper-keeping-keep, peaceful-keeping force, stock-keeping unit.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Keeping

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

book keeping

897

web based time keeping

32

bee keeping

499

book keeping service

30

time keeping

258

book keeping dallas

29

keeping up appearance

194

small business book keeping

29

book keeping job

154

accounting book keeping

25

book keeping software

122

keeping rabbit out of garden

25

book keeping services

120

bee keeping equipment

25

bee keeping supply

82

customer happy keeping

24

keeping the faith

61

the keeping room

24

baseball keeping score

56

keeping a journal

23

record keeping

52

free book keeping software

23

time keeping software

50

keeping fit

21

book jacksonville keeping services

43

card company keeping online solution time time

20

house keeping

42

accounting book contact keeping

19

book keeping course

40

accountant book keeping payroll

18

keeping memory alive

39

time keeping system

18

basic book keeping

38

book keeping at home

18

business book keeping

37

book keeping form

18

good house keeping

33

home school record keeping

17

card company keeping online solution time time w

32

book keeping help

17
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Keeping

Language Translations for "keeping"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

konversim, zotërim (assimilation, command, dominance, domination, enjoyment, grasp, holding, lordship, mastership, mastery, occupancy, occupation, ownership, possession, tenure), ruajtje (conservation, cure, custody, guard, preservation, protection, retention, safeguard, security, storage, watch), pajtim (agreement, chime, compliance, conciliation, conformity, consistency, correspondence, propitiation, reconcilement, reconciliation, subscription), mirëmbajtje (maintenance, upkeep), mbrojtje (advocacy, aegis, apology, assertion, Buckler, championship, conservation, cover, defence, defense, patronage, protection, rampart, safeguard, security, tutelage, umbrella), mbajtje (delivery, deterrence, grip, gripe, hold, holding, maintenance, occupancy, prehension, preservation, retention, support, tenure, tote, wear), i ruajtur mirë, harmoni (agreement, chime, concord, concordance, congruence, consentaneity, consonance, eurhythmics, harmonics, harmony, thorough bass, unity). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مراعاة (adherence to, considerateness, consideration, deference, observance, regard, respect), ‏ودع (check, commend, commit, consign, entrust, keep, let, let go, lodge, part from, pay, see off, send off, store), ‏حفظ (commit to memory, conservation, conserve, desiccate, din into, keep, maintenance, memorize, preservation, protect, protection, reservation, reserve, retain, save, set aside, store, treasure), ‏حراسة (guard rail, guardianship, safeguard, sentry, ward, watch), ‏عناية (attendance, attention, care, concern, custody, heed, interest, notice), ‏الحجز (distraint, isolation). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съхранение (safe-keeping, storage), съгласуваност (coherence, coherency, consistency), съблюдаване (abidance, observation), спазване (abidance, adherence, adhesion, observation), траен (abiding, durable, enduring, fast, lasting, secular, secure, serviceable, settled, stable, standing, steadfast, stout, substantive), грижа (attention, care, concern, custody, heed, look out, oversight, regard, solicitude, study, tendance, trouble, worriment, worrit, worry), владение (demesne, domain, occupancy, ownership, possession, tenure), охрана (conservation, convoy, guard, protection, safe conduct, safeguard, safety, security), закрила (aegis, cover, guardianship, palladium, protection, shadow, shield), запазване (conservation, persistence, preservation, preserving, protection, reservation, retention), задържане (apprehension, arrest, detention, hold, impoundment, inhibition, lockup, retention), издържане (endurance, maintenance), държане (bearing, behavior, behaviour, carriage, conduct, dealing, manner, play, port, presence). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

保持 (kept). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vlastnictví (holding, ownership, possession, property), péèe (care, charge, custody). (various references)

   

Danish

  

vedligeholdelse (holding, maintenance, repair, repairs, service, servicing), reparation (blocking, corrective maintenance, do up, maintenance, remedial action, repair, repairs, servicing). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

reparatie (corrective maintenance, maintenance, overhauling, reconditioning, repair, servicing), onderhoud (conversation). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

esti deponita (be deposited, be in the keeping, rest). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

varjelus (protection), varjelu (protection). (various references)

   

French

  

réparation, observation, garde (keeps), gardant, entretien. (various references)

   

German

  

Instandsetzung (restoration), aufbewahrung (check room, custody, left-luggage, left-luggage office, saving, storage), beibehaltung (continuation, maintenance, perpetuation, retention), bewahrung (conservation, perpetuation, preservation, protection, retaining), einhaltung (following, observance, redemption), führung (captaincy, command, commanders, conduct, direction, directors, duct, guidance, guide, guided tour, guideway, lead, leaders, leadership, location, management, running, Van, vanguard), haltend (holding, retentive, retentively, stationary, stopping, upholding), aufbewahrend (treasuring), Instandhaltung (maintenance, servicing, upkeep), zucht (breed, breeding, chastity, cultivation, culture, discipline, education, growing, purity, stock, stud, variety), obhut (care, charge, custody), Reparatur (mend, mending, repair), Unterhaltung (amusement, chat, conversation, conversations, enjoyment, entertainment, fun, maintenance, operation, recreation, talk, upkeep), verwahrung (caveat, custody, detention, flashing, protest, safe keeping, safekeeping), wahrung (maintenance, preservation, protection, safeguarding), Wartung (mainenance, maintainance, maintenance, servicing), züchtung (breed, breeding, cultivation, culture, education, growing, synthesis, variety), hut (cap, guard, hat, protection). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συντήρηση (conservation, keep, maintenance, preservation, subsistence, support, sustenance, upkeep). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

משמרת (custody, duty, guard, preserving), שמירה (guard duty, guarding, keep, observance, preservation, safeguarding, supervision), השגחה (custody, inspection, monitoring, overseeing, regard, supervision, ward). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tartás (attitude, holding, poise, set-up), élelmezés (boarding, catering, feeding, nutrition, sustenance). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pemeliharaan (conservation, maintenance, preservation). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sorveglianza (custody, invigilation, oversight, stakeout, supervision, surveillance, watch), riparazione (amends, atonement, fixing, mend, mending, redress, repair, repairs, reparation, restitution, retrieval), manutenzione (attendance, maintenance, service, upkeep), mantenimento (charity, maintenance, subsistence, support), guardia (constable, garde, guard, guarders, guardsman, look out, minder, policeman, sentry, ward, watch, watcher), custodia (care, casing, custody, guard, safekeeping, sleeve, slipcase, ward), conservazione (conservation, maintenance, preservation, retention, storage), armonia (balance, concord, concordance, harmonics, harmoniousness, harmony, neatness), accordo (accommodation, accord, accordance, agreement, arrangement, bargain, bond, chord, compact, concert, concord, concurrence, consent, contract, convention, correspondence, covenant, deal, harmony, permission, settlement, treaty, tune, understanding, unity). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

預け (custody), 包蔵 (comprehending, containing, entertaining). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ほうぞう (comprehending, containing, entertaining, treasure house, treasury), あずけ (custody). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

지킴 (sticking). (various references)

   

Manx

  

troggal shellanyn (bee keeping), shassoo (attitude, erection, halt; keeping, hold, hold out, hold up, rampant, represent, stance, stand, standing, stop, tumescence), sauchys (safe keeping, safeness, safety, security), lhiannagh (imitative, keeping close, laminar, laminate, laminated). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eepingkay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

manutenção (conservation, livelihood, maintenance, support, sustenance, upkeep). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

supraveghere (charge, observation, oversight, superintendence, supervision, surveillance), stãpânire (authority, command, continence, control, demesne, dominance, domination, dominion, empire, enjoyment, government, grip, hand, holding, lordship, masterdom, mastery, ownership, possession, reign, rule, sovereignty, sway), respectare (observance of, respecting), pazã (guard, guardianship, picket, safeguard, safety, security, sentinel, sentry, ward, watch), pãstrare (charge, custody, economy, hoarding, maintenance, observance of, preservation), lucruri pãstrate pentru sine, concordanţã (accord, accordance, agreement, concordance, conformity, congruence, consistency, correspondence, harmony, sequence), care se conservã, care respectã (observant of), care pãzeşte (preservative), care ţine (observant of), armonie (accord, agreement, chime, concert, concord, consonance, escutcheon, harmony, key, peace, repose, tune, unison, unity), întreţinere (feeding, keep, livelihood, maintenance, repair, support, sustenance, upkeep), ţinere (delivery, observance of). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сохранность (safety), соблюдение (abidance, observance), содержание (allowance, content, contents, effect, maintenance, purport, separate maintenance, subject), разведение (arboriculture, breeding, cultivation, culture, propagation, thinning), хорошо сохраняющийся, гармония (chime, concordance, harmony, thorough bass), охрана (custody, escort, guard, protection, safeguard, warding), опека (custody, guardianship, guarding, trusteeship, tutelage, ward, wardship), защита (advocacies, advocacy, aegis, ammunition, assertion, bulwark, championship, defence, defense, pleading, protected tub, protected tubs, protection, protector, safer, shield, vindication), присмотр (oversight). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

cumail (holding). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

koji održava, koji čuva (preservative), sklad (harmony, tune, unison), saglasnost (accord, accordance, agreement, compliance, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, consent, consentaneity), održavanje (maintenance, observance, servicing, sustention, upkeep), nadzornički (inspectoral, inspectorial, visitatorial), nadzor (custody, scrutiny, supervising, supervision, trust, visitation), čuvanje (conservation, guarding, keep, maintenance, observance, preservation, safe keeping, saving, storage, tendance, trust, watching). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cuidado (attention, care, carefulness, caution, concern, fondling, nursing, painstaking, worry). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vård (attendance, attention, care, charge, memorial, ministration, monument, welfare), förvaring (charge, check, custody), förvar (charge, custody), bibehållande (conservation, preservation), behållande (retention). (various references)

   

Thai

  

การรักษา (remedy). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

koruma (aegis, asylum, auspices, bodyguard, conservancy, conservation, convoy, covering, custody, defending, defense, escort, Favor, favour, guard, guarding, indemnity, lifeguard, maintenance, patronage, preservation, protection, protective, retention, safeguard, safekeeping, shade, shadow, shield, tutelage, umbrella), uyum (accommodation, accord, accordance, balance, chime, coherence, coherency, concert, concinnity, concord, concordance, conformity, congruence, congruity, consecution, consistence, consistency, consonance, harmony, proportion, rapport, rhythm, scheme, symmetry, symphony, tune, unison), nezaret (charge, oversight, supervision, surveillance), işletme (exploitation, hoax, leg pull, management, operating, operation, operational, plant, running, undertaking, working, workings), himaye (asylum, auspices, care, defence, keep, patronage, protection, safeguard, shield, sponsorship), geçindirme (feeding, maintenance, sustentation), dayanıklı (cast iron, consolidated, durable, enduring, fast, firm, for hard wear, gritty, hard, Hardy, heavy duty, impervious, impregnable, indestructible, invulnerable, lasting, long lasting, nonperishable, patient, proof, refractory, resistant, resistant to, resolute, runproof, sedulous, serviceable, sturdy, substantial, substantive, supportable, tough, unfading, wiry), bakım (aspect, attendance, attention, care, custody, handling, keep, maintenance, nurse, nurseling, nursing, nursling, nurture, overhaul, point of view, regard, respect, upkeep, way). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

розведення (cultivation, culture, raising, watering), охорона (cordon, custody, guard, preservation, protection, safeguard, ward, warding, watching), зберігання (charge, conservation, custody, safekeeping, storage), догляд (attendance, attention, care, charge, ministration, oversight, watch). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự trông nom (administration, custody, management, nurse, running, superintendence, supervision, ward), sự thích ứng, sự phù hợp (chime, fitness), sự giữ gìn (care, carefulness, conservation, precaution, restraint), sự giữ (maintenance, occupation, preservation), sự bảo quản sự coi giữ, sự ăn khớp (consilience), sự ăn ý, giữ được (tenable), để dành được, để được. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

cadwraeth (observance). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Keeping

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

conservatio, custoditio. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Keeping

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 21, Verse 26
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAsebhV epiqumei olhn thn hmeran epiqumiaV kakaV o de dikaioV elea kai oiktirei afeidwV
Latin405VulgateTota die concupiscit et desiderat qui autem iustus est tribuet et non cessabit
Middle English1395WyclifAl dai he coueitith and desireth; who forsothe is riytwis, shal yelde, and not cese.
Jacobean English1611King JamesHe coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Victorian English1833WebsterHe coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Basic English1964OgdenAll the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Keeping

LanguageProverbs Chapter 21, Verse 26
CebuanoAdunay maibug sa pagkahakog gayud sa tibook adlaw; Apan ang matarung nagahatag ug wala magatungina.
CroatianOpak po cio dan živo želi, a pravednik daje i ne škrtari.
DanishUgerningsmand er stadig i Trang, den retfærdige giver uden at spare.
DutchDen gansen dag begeert hij begeerlijke dingen; maar de rechtvaardige zal geven, en niet inhouden.
FinnishAina on hartaasti haluavia, mutta vanhurskas antaa säästelemättä.
FrenchTout le jour il éprouve des désirs; Mais le juste donne sans parcimonie.
GermanEr wünscht den ganzen Tag; aber der Gerechte gibt, und versagt nicht.
Haitian CreoleTout lajounen l'ap kalkile sou sa l' ta renmen genyen. Men, moun ki mache dwat yo gen pou bay, y'ap bay san gad dèyè.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSepanjang hari ia hanya memikirkan tentang apa yang ia inginkan. Sebaliknya, orang yang lurus hidupnya dapat memberi dengan berlimpah-limpah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaOrang gelojoh itu ingin pada sepanjang hari, tetapi orang yang benar itu suka memberi dan tiada disayangkannya hartanya.
ItalianTutta la vita l'empio indulge alla cupidigia, mentre il giusto dona senza risparmiare.
MaoriTera te hanga he kaiapo tonu a pau noa te ra: ko ta te tangata tika ia he homai, kahore hoki ana kaiponu.
NorwegianHele dagen attrår og attrår han, men den rettferdige gir og sparer ikke.
PortugueseTodo o dia o ímpio cobiça; mas o justo dá, e não retém.   
RumanianToatq ziua o duce numai kn pofte: dar cel neprihqnit dq fqrq zgkrcenie. -
RussianЧУСЛЙК ДЕОШ ПО УЙМШОП БМЮЕФ, Б РТБЧЕДОЙЛ ДБЕФ Й ОЕ ЦБМЕЕФ.
SpanishHay quien todo el día codicia y codicia, pero el justo da y no escatima.
SwedishDen snikne är alltid full av snikenhet; men den rättfärdige giver och spar icke.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Keeping

Derivations

Words beginning with "keeping": keepings. (additional references)

Words ending with "keeping": beekeeping, bookkeeping, gatekeeping, housekeeping, miskeeping, outkeeping, peacekeeping, safekeeping, timekeeping. (additional references)

Words containing "keeping": beekeepings, bookkeepings, housekeepings, peacekeepings, safekeepings, timekeepings. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Keeping" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: deeping, eeping, eping, jeeping, Kaiping, keaing, keeoing, keepen, keepi, Keesings, kelping, keping, kepinge, Skeaping. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Keeping"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "keeping" (pronounced kē"ping)
5k ē" p i ngsafekeeping.
4-ē" p i ngbeeping, bleeping, creeping, heaping, leaping, peeping, reaping, seeping, sleeping, sweeping, weeping.
3-p i ngantidumping, aping, backslapping, bookkeeping, bumping, burping, camping, capping, carping, Chipping, chirping, chomping, chopping, clamping, clapping, clipping, clumping, coping, copping, cramping, crimping, cropping, damping, developing, dipping, draping, dripping, drooping, dropping, dumping, eavesdropping, enveloping, equipping, escaping, flapping, flipping, flopping, galloping, gaping, gasping, gossiping, grasping, griping, gripping, groping, grouping, gulping, handicapping, harping, helping, hoping, hopping, housekeeping, hyping, jumping, kidnaping, kidnapping, lamping, landscaping, lapping, limping, lopping, lumping, mapping, moping, mopping, napping, nipping, outstripping, overlapping, overstepping, peacekeeping, pimping, piping, popping, prepping, propping, pulping, pumping, ramping, raping, rapping, recapping, recouping, regrouping, reshaping, revamping, ripping, romping, roping, sapping, scalping, scooping, scoping, scraping, scrapping, scrimping, shaping, shipping, shopping, sidestepping, sipping, skimping, skipping, slapping, slipping, sloping, slumping, snapping, sniping, snooping, sopping, stamping, stepping, stereotyping, stomping, stooping, stopping, strapping, stripping, stumping, swamping, swapping, swiping, swooping, tamping, taping, tapping, thumping, tipping, topping, tramping, trapping, tripping, trooping, typing, unwrapping, upping, usurping, videotaping, walloping, Wapping, warping, whipping, whooping, whopping, wiping, Wiretapping, worshipping, wrapping, zapping, zipping.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Keeping

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: peeking.

Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-k-n-p"

-1 letter: peeing.

-2 letters: eking, genie, genip, pekin.

-3 letters: geek, gene, gien, gink, keen, keep, kepi, kine, king, knee, neep, peek, peen, pein, peke, pike, pine, ping, pink.

-4 letters: eke, eng, gee, gen, gie, gin, gip, ink, keg, ken, kep, kin, kip, nee, nip, pee, peg, pen, pie, pig, pin.

-5 letters: en, in, ne, pe, pi.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-g-i-k-n-p"
 

+1 letter: keepings.

 

+2 letters: reperking.

 

+3 letters: beekeeping, bespeaking, henpecking, miskeeping, outkeeping, pickeering, respeaking.

 

+4 letters: beekeepings, bookkeeping, gatekeeping, kneecapping, peacemaking, prechecking, safekeeping, timekeeping.

 

+5 letters: bookkeepings, fingerpicked, forespeaking, glockenspiel, housekeeping, kneecappings, peacekeeping, peacemakings, premarketing, safekeepings, sleepwalking, timekeepings.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Derived from
17. Expressions
18. Expressions: Internet
19. Translations: Modern
20. Translations: Ancient
21. Bible Trace
22. Derivations
23. Rhymes
24. Anagrams
25. Bibliography


  

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