What is another word for holding?
Synonyms for holding
ˈhoʊl dɪŋhold·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
retention, keeping, holdingnoun
the act of retaining something
Synonyms:
property, memory, retentiveness, keeping, guardianship, belongings, safekeeping, retentivity, retentionproperty, belongings, holdingnoun
something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
"that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";
Synonyms:
attribute, prop, retention, keeping, belongings, property, dimension, place
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Editors Contribution
pertaining
securing a solid, true connection to.
the customer tried to claim an order as his own wit the wrong order number.
Submitted by rinat on June 9, 2017
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
holdingnoun
Synonyms:
restraint, retention, checking, continence, tenacity, detention, tenure, incumbencyAntonyms:
incontinence, release
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "holding":
held, convening, hold, celebration, exploitation, portfolio, detention, holdings, conduct, holdco, retention, celebración, conducting, wallet, organizing, observance, pregunta-contestación, commemoration, convene, possession, organization, organize, conclusion, debate-votación, keeping, organising, celebrating
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#316 | place | |
#387 | property | |
#556 | memory | |
#1063 | held | |
#1070 | organization | |
#1275 | hold | |
#2645 | conduct | |
#2734 | portfolio | |
#3054 | keeping | |
#3123 | holding | |
#4037 | conclusion | |
#4389 | attribute | |
#5101 | dimension | |
#5965 | holdings | |
#6245 | celebration | |
#6563 | retention | |
#6648 | possession | |
#7338 | conducting | |
#7411 | organize | |
#8244 | organizing | |
#8811 | wallet | |
#10067 | detention | |
#10670 | celebrating | |
#11150 | prop | |
#11557 | exploitation | |
#16713 | organising | |
#25293 | observance | |
#27859 | belongings | |
#28030 | guardianship | |
#28678 | convene | |
#33409 | commemoration | |
#40875 | convening | |
#63394 | safekeeping | |
#231358 | celebracion | |
#259161 | holdco |
How to use holding in a sentence?
Maybe I’m not capable of holding that weight on my shoulders, but, no, I’m just treating it as a football game, do I know that means a lot to a lot of people? Yes. Am I trying to play some kind of savior by winning a national championship for millions of people? No. I don’t think that’s my job.
If I had more world experience, there’s no way I would’ve put up with all that. Now that I ’m working in a professional environment, I realize that the way we were treated there was absolutely illegal. all of our game entertainment team members should be able to perform and engage with our fans without enduring harassment of any kind or inappropriate interaction or contact, the team said. Lacy Thibodeaux, Lacy Thibodeaux, said she was advised about holding her pompoms in a position to prevent fans from touching her butt or waist during photo ops.
Accidents are really difficult to predict, kids get excited ; they forget that they're holding a burning hot object in their hand, and then that's when the object touches either their own body or somebody else's.
I saw two people holding up a man who was all bloodied, blood all over his hands, and he was in shock, walking like a zombie before sitting to the floor.
We'll be holding people down while their arms are getting sawed off, giving them water, mopping their sweaty brows, writing letters to mothers, praying profusely.
Translations for holding
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- تحتجزArabic
- podílCzech
- bedriftDanish
- haltenGerman
- κράτημαGreek
- participaciónSpanish
- برگزاریPersian
- omistusosuus, tilalla, omistusFinnish
- possession, en portantFrench
- पकड़ेHindi
- holdingHungarian
- հոլդինգArmenian
- memegangIndonesian
- detenzioneItalian
- הַחזָקָהHebrew
- ホールディングJapanese
- ಹಿಡಿದುKannada
- 보유Korean
- tenensLatin
- bezitDutch
- holdingNorwegian
- trzymaćPolish
- segurandoPortuguese
- deținereRomanian
- владение, холдингRussian
- innehavSwedish
- வைத்திருக்கும்Tamil
- పట్టుకొనిTelugu
- โฮลดิ้งThai
- tutmaTurkish
- проведенняUkrainian
- ہولڈنگUrdu
- giữVietnamese
- האלטןYiddish
- 保持Chinese
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