Meaning

1 senses

  1. (UK)To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.

    Do you know how to upkeep a boat?

    warten, instandhalten, unterhalten

    содержа́ть в исправностиsoderžátʹ v ispravnosti, проводить техническое обслуживаниеprovoditʹ texničeskoje obsluživanije

Examples

5 sentences

  1. The upkeep of my carpet is exhausting.

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  2. The upkeep alone is no small cost.

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  3. The regular upkeep of our servers is paramount to ensuring high uptime.

    deDie regelmäßige Wartung unserer Server ist von höchster Wichtigkeit, um hohe Erreichbarkeit zu gewährleisten.

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  4. Upkeep on castles costs a lot.

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  5. It's not the initial cost that worries me. It's the upkeep.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to maintain (something) or keep it in good repair:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to maintain (something) or keep it in good repair:

Origin

From up + keep.

From up + keep.

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Forms

upkeeps, upkeeping, upkept, upkept
Base formupkeep · to upkeep
3rd person singularupkeeps
Present participleupkeeping
Past simpleupkept
Past participleupkept

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyupkeep
he, she, itupkeeps

Past simpleLesson

all personsupkept

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave upkept
he, she, ithas upkept

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill upkeep

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
upholdupholsterupholsteryuplanduplift
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