in keeping with

preposition

in accordance with

Opposite
out of keeping with
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Meanings

preposition
  1. in accordance with

    In keeping with the stock they are replacing, the B23s are fully automated.

    2023 February 22, Paul Stephen, “TfL reveals first of new B23s for Docklands Light Railway”, in RAIL, number 977, page 12
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    Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.

    1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter III, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC

    The Cop28 presidency released a draft text in the early evening on Monday, which called for “reducing both consumption and production of fossil fuels, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, so as to achieve net zero by, before or around 2050, in keeping with the science”.

    2023 December 11, Fiona Harvey, Patrick Greenfield, Nina Lakhani, Adam Morton, Damian Carrington, “Cop28 draft climate deal criticised as ‘grossly insufficient’ and ‘incoherent’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

    The goal was scruffy, with some debate over whether Johnson got the last touch - and was totally in keeping with the tepid domestic seasons of these two underperforming sides, but no-one at Spurs will care about that.

    2025 May 21, Simon Stone, “Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
out of keeping with
Also see
concordant

Translations

Ancient Greek εἰκότως
  • εἰκότως (eikótōs)in accordance with
Arabic تَمَاشِيًا مَعَ, تَبَعًا لِـ
  • تَمَاشِيًا مَعَ (tamāšiyan maʕa)in accordance with
  • تَبَعًا لِـ (tabaʕan li-)in accordance with
Bulgarian в съгласие с
  • в съгласие с (v săglasie s)in accordance with
French conformément à
  • conformément àin accordance with
German entsprechend, gemäß
  • entsprechendin accordance with
  • gemäßin accordance with
  • in Übereinstimmung mitin accordance with
  • im Einklang mitin accordance with
Hungarian összhangban
  • összhangbanin accordance with
Polish zgodnie z, w zgodzie z
  • zgodnie zin accordance with
  • w zgodzie zin accordance with
Turkish -e uygun olarak
  • -e uygun olarakin accordance with
Cite this entry
APA

in keeping with. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20keeping%20with

MLA

“in keeping with.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20keeping%20with. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in keeping with,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20keeping%20with.

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