"upholding" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: upholdings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} upholding (plural upholdings)
  1. The act by which something is upheld.
    Sense id: en-upholding-en-noun-qesKtrI1

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} upholding
  1. present participle and gerund of uphold Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: uphold
    Sense id: en-upholding-en-verb-oPvsfoRN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 29 71

Inflected forms

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