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Definition of Keeping

1. Noun. Conformity or harmony. "His behavior was not in keeping with the occasion"

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

3. Noun. The act of retaining something.

Definition of Keeping

1. n. A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.

Definition of Keeping

1. Noun. conformity or harmony. ¹

2. Noun. charge or care. ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of ''keep'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Keeping

1. custody [n -S] - See also: custody

Medical Definition of Keeping

1. 1. A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation. "His happiness is in his own keeping." (South) 2. Maintenance; support; provision; feed; as, the cattle have good keeping. "The work of many hands, which earns my keeping." (Milton) 3. Conformity; congruity; harmony; consistency; as, these subjects are in keeping with each other. 4. Harmony or correspondence between the different parts of a work of art; as, the foreground of this painting is not in keeping. Keeping room, a family sitting room. Synonym: Care, guardianship, custody, possession. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Keeping

keep with keep your friends close, and your enemies closer keepability keepable keepalive keepalives keepe keeped keeper keepers

keepership keeperships keepest keepeth keepie-uppie keeping (current term) keeping on keeping one's options open keeping up keeping wicket

keepings keeplike keepnet keepnets keeps keeps on keeps one's options open keeps up keeps wicket

Literary usage of Keeping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1860)
"King's Lynn, Clerk—Book-keeping (3rd) 134—Murphy, Nicholas Bowman, aged 29, Carlisle Church of England lust., Hairdresser—Latin and Roman ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1878)
"Steps of Book-keeping, 65 c.—Blanks, 50 с Ya, Fairbanks* Book-keeping. $3 44 So. ... Clx. Wright's National Book-keeping, $1.75 Lip. BOTANY. ..."

3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1889)
"keeping fireworks in insured premises _ is not in violation of a prohibition against keeping gunpowder on them. Fischler г'. California, etc., Ins. Co., ..."

4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"On 6 Sept, following he was handed over to the custody of Grindal, bishop of London, because of the plague, and a month later was transferred to the keeping ..."

5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Eng M 51:432 Je '16 Cost keeping the basis of prosperity; notable work of the Federal trade ... 11 System 30: 78-87 Jl '16 See also Accounting Cost keeping. ..."

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