keeping

Examples

• All

• Video can also serve as a record-keeping device of the school's past sports activities.

  Academic text (1994)

• I made a copy and gave it to someone for safe keeping.

  Battlefield Earth (2000)

• - No it's, it's here, I brought it in for safe keeping.

  Confession (2020)

• We commit this child and this man to your keeping, O Lord.

  Alien³ (1992)

• All this filing and record keeping?

  Day of the Dead (1985)

• Still, we place our bodies in God's keeping.

  Legends of the Fall (1994)

• Now I be consigning him to your keeping.

  Duel in the Sun (1946)

• Lord, we commend the souls of these hundreds of children, whose true names are known only to You, to Your keeping.

  Unplanned (2019)

• The proliferation of corporate-wide networks is enabling progressive integration of worldwide manufacturing, inventory keeping, and financial management.

  Academic text (1999)

• We trust the caretaker with the keeping of our community garden while we are away.

Synonyms

C

care

vskeeping

∞ 1.0

Looking after something to keep it in good condition

covers broader responsibility including possession and protection, not only active treatment

C

custody

vskeeping

• Formal

333 3.8

Legal right to care for and control a child after parents separate

is the general act of possession, maintenance, and protection, not only legal authority

S

safekeeping

vskeeping

27 3.5

Leaving something with a person or place so it is protected

is about responsibility to possess, maintain, or protect beyond mere storage

R

retention

vskeeping

23 4.2

Keeping something so you still have it

adds responsibility for maintenance and protection, not only continued possession

G

guardianship

vskeeping

• Formal

19 4.7

A legal duty to care for and protect someone, often a child

covers general responsibility for possession and protection, not restricted to legal child duties

H

holding

vskeeping

12 4.2

Keeping something that you have or control

includes active maintenance and protection, not merely possession or control

C

caretaking

vskeeping

1 3.7

Looking after someone or something because it is your duty

involves responsibility for possession or protection in general situations

C

custodianship

vskeeping

• Formal

1 7.0

The job of looking after and managing things like property, records, or a building

is the general act or state of possession and protecting rather than a formal role

R

retainment

vskeeping

• Archaic

6.7

Keeping people or things so they are not lost

is broader, including maintenance and active protection beyond loss prevention

Antonyms

N

neglect

100 3.5

Not caring for someone or something that needs care

A

abandonment

26 3.6

Leaving someone or something and not coming back

Idioms

O

out of keeping

1 7.5

Not matching the style or mood of a situation

Compounds

R

record-keeping

7 3.3

Keeping written or digital information so you can find it later

R

record-keeping

• Specialized

1 3.7

Relating to arranging and storing written or digital information

P

pigeon keeping

6.1

Breeding and caring for pigeons as a hobby or sport

How Careful

conservation

117 3.5

safekeeping

27 3.5

keeping

15 1.5

custody

• Formal

333 3.8

neglect

100 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology