The meaning of KEEPING is conformity. How to use keeping in a sentence.

KEEPING meaning: 1. If something is in your keeping, you are taking care of it: 2. being carefully taken care of…. Learn more.

KEEPING definition: agreement or conformity in things or elements associated together. See examples of keeping used in a sentence.

The act of holding, guarding, maintaining, or supporting: the keeping of secrets; the keeping of records. 2. Custody; care: The heirloom is in my keeping. See Synonyms at care. 3. Harmony; …

2 meanings: 1. conformity or harmony (esp in the phrases in or out of keeping) 2. charge or care.... Click for more definitions.

There are 17 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun keeping, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc.

keep•ing /ˈkipɪŋ/ n. [uncountable] in keeping with, in agreement with things that are usually associated together or connected: Her actions were not in keeping with her words. the act of a …

Keeping refers to the act of maintaining or retaining something or someone in an appropriate or desired state or condition. It involves taking care of, preserving, or looking after something or …

The antique desk was in keeping with the rest of the furniture in the room. (Definition of keeping from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)