name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
holding
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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hōldʹ-ĭng
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/ˈhəʊldɪŋ/
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Australian: [ˈhəʉɫdɪŋ]
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UK: [ˈhəʊɫdɪŋ]
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US: [ˈhoʊɫdɪŋ]
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rhymes with -əʊldɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 L D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
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noun
Meaning 3
A determination of law made by a court.
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noun
Meaning 4
A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
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noun
Meaning 5
Logic; consistency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 6
A foul consisting of impermissibly restricting the movement of an opposing player with the hands or stick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 7
The burden or chorus of a song.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 8
That which holds, binds, or influences; hold; influence; power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
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noun
Meaning 9
A holding company, or other kind of company (by back-translation from Russian холдинг (xolding)).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
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verb
Meaning 10
present participle and gerund of hold
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Examples
- They were caught holding hands in the dark.
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noun
Meaning 11
the act of retaining something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: retention, keeping
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: possession, ownership
Narrower terms: withholding, storage
noun
Meaning 12
something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone;
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- that hat is my property
- he is a man of property
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: property, belongings
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: possession
Narrower terms: tangible possession, material possession, worldly possessions, worldly belongings, worldly goods, ratables, rateables, hereditament, intellectual property, community property, personal property, personal estate, personalty, private property, things, real property, real estate, realty, immovable, commonage, landholding, salvage, shareholding, spiritualty, spirituality, church property, lease, rental, letting, trade-in, public property, wealth, estate, heirloom, stockholding, stockholdings, trust
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: հոլդինգ (holding) — something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds
- Bulgarian: владе́ние (vladénie) — something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds
- Bulgarian: притежа́ване (pritežávane) — something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds
- Finnish: omistus — something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds
- Finnish: omistusosuus — something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds
- French: possession — something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds
- Italian: possesso — something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds
- Romanian: posesie — something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds
- Russian: владе́ние (vladénije) — something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds
- Russian: хо́лдинг (xólding) — something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds
- Sicilian: pussessu — something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds
- Russian: суде́бное реше́ние (sudébnoje rešénije) — determination of law by court
- Irish: gabháltas — tenure; farm or other estate held of another
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