verb🔗ShareTo grasp or grip."Hold the pencil like this."actionfunctionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo contain or store."This package holds six bottles."businessindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state."The team is holding to their plan for a successful project presentation. "positionstateactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions."My grandmother is holding to her belief that early mornings are the best time for a productive day. "attitudeactionpoliticsgovernmentbusinessmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo win one's own service game."In the tennis match, Maria held her first service game easily. "sportgameachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo take place, to occur."The family meeting is holding tomorrow evening. "eventtimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice)."Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month."organizationbusinesseventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo derive right or title."The lawyer argued that the will correctly held the property to the youngest child. "rightpropertylawtitlebusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareIn a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted."A martini, please, and hold the olive."fooddrinklanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo be in possession of illicit drugs for sale."The police arrested the student for holding cocaine. "policelawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSomething that one owns, especially stocks and bonds."My grandfather's holding of company stock is worth a lot of money. "businessfinanceassetChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA determination of law made by a court."The court's holding was that the student's expulsion was unfair. "lawgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA tenure; a farm or other estate held of another."The family's holding in the countryside was passed down through generations. "propertyagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThat which holds, binds, or influences."The holding of the family meeting was essential for resolving the conflict. "assetChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLogic; consistency."The holding in the argument about chores was that everyone should contribute equally. "logicphilosophyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe burden or chorus of a song."The song's holding was very repetitive, and I got tired of hearing it. "musicentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(in texts about Russia) A holding company, or other kind of company (by back-translation from Russian холдинг)."The investment firm's holding controlled several smaller companies. "businessfinanceorganizationeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading