"keeping" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkiːpɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-keeping.ogg [US] Forms: keepings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːpɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} keeping (countable and uncountable, plural keepings)
  1. Conformity or harmony. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-keeping-en-noun-IF~UrFZj
  2. Charge or care. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (charge or care): задържане (zadǎržane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), запазване (zapazvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), őrizet (Hungarian), őrzés (Hungarian), megőrzés (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-keeping-en-noun-ZohB7QPe Disambiguation of 'charge or care': 0 100 0
  3. Maintenance; support; provision; feed. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (maintenance; support; provision): поддръжка (poddrǎžka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), грижи (griži) [feminine] (Bulgarian), gondozás (Hungarian), fenntartás (Hungarian), tartás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-keeping-en-noun-e-MOa~ss Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 1 47 50 Disambiguation of 'maintenance; support; provision': 0 0 100

Verb

IPA: /ˈkiːpɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-keeping.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -iːpɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} keeping
  1. present participle and gerund of keep Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: keep

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