Pronunce
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/ˈʌpkip/
Note sulla pronuncia
- General-American
Sostantivo
Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.
Uso- non numerabile
- usually
- Esempi
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I would enjoy having a swimming pool, but I don't want to deal with the upkeep.
[…] it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land, which saved a lot of labour on the upkeep of hedges and gates.
Altri esempi (1)
The story of upkeep has been never-ending. Between 1997-2000, a major programme of maintenance entailed replacing superstructure timbers - 50 main rail beams were replaced with greenheart, along with a similar number of edge beams.
Verbo
To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.
Uso- uso britannico
- transitivo
- Esempi
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Do you know how to upkeep a boat?
As for the city's buildings, it mostly resembled a town of white spires and cobblestone streets lined with flowerbeds that were upkept by magical means.
Sostantivo
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
- Sinonimi
- Esempi
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he wrote the manual on car care
the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
- Termini più generali
- Esempi
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they were in want of sustenance
fishing was their main sustainment