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Meaning of Upkeep | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈʌpkip

Definitions

Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

العربية الصيانة

Български поддръжка

Bosanski održavanje

Dansk vedligehold vedligeholde

Deutsch Instandhalten Instandhaltung Pflege Pflegen Unterhalt Unterhalten warten Wartung

Español mantención mantener mantenimiento manutención

Suomi huoltaa huolto kunnossapito pito ylläpito

Français entretien

Galego mantemento manter

हिन्दी अनुरक्षण

Hrvatski održavanje

Italiano manutenere manutenzione

한국어 유지

Latina tuitiō

Nederlands onderhoud

Polski pielęgnacja pielęgnacyjny utrzymanie wikt

Português manutenção

Русский обслуживание проводить техническое обслуживание содержание содержа́ть в исправности

Српски održavanje

Svenska ta hand om underhåll underhålla

Українська утримання

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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