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KEEPING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of retaining something
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("keeping" is a kind of...):
ownership; possession (the act of having and controlling property)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "keeping"):
withholding (the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control)
storage (the act of storing something)
Derivation:
keep (retain possession of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The responsibility of a guardian or keeper
Example:
he left his car in my keeping
Synonyms:
guardianship; keeping; safekeeping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("keeping" is a kind of...):
duty; obligation; responsibility (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "keeping"):
custody; hands ((with 'in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child)
Derivation:
keep (look after; be the keeper of; have charge of)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Conformity or harmony
Example:
his behavior was not in keeping with the occasion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("keeping" is a kind of...):
abidance; compliance; conformation; conformity (acting according to certain accepted standards)
Derivation:
keep (conform one's action or practice to)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb keep
Context examples:
"Nothing but a story, won't amount to much, I guess," returned Jo, carefully keeping the name of the paper out of sight.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Anti-CCR2 monoclonal antibody MLN1202 blocks the action of a substance that is involved in keeping healthy bone mass.
(anti-CCR2 monoclonal antibody MLN1202, NCI Dictionary)
Any vaccine created by reducing the virulence of bacteria but still keeping the bacteria viable (live).
(Attenuated Bacteria Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
If you have a friend with cancer, keeping him or her company during chemotherapy probably will help reduce their stress.
(Social interaction affects cancer patients’ response to treatment, National Institutes of Health)
The average U.S. temperature in 2016 was 54.9 degrees F (2.9 degrees F above average), which ranked as the second warmest year in 122 years of record-keeping.
(2016 was 2nd warmest year on record for U.S., NOAA)
The average Arctic sea ice extent for the year was 4.01 million square miles, the second smallest annual average since record-keeping began in 1979.
(2017 was 3rd warmest year on record for the globe, NOAA)
My fair lady and mistress, he wrote, God hath had us in His keeping, and my lord is well and in good cheer.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Nevertheless, she promised not to go away, but to continue keeping house for the shepherd.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
No, sir, let them do their worst upon me, but for heaven’s sake, Mr. Holmes, find some way of keeping my poor Mary out of the courts.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Keeping my cab at the gate, I went up the avenue alone.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
