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Meaning of "holding operation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOLDING OPERATION

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOLDING OPERATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Holding operation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOLDING OPERATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of holding operation in the English dictionary

The definition of holding operation in the dictionary is a plan or procedure devised to prolong the existing situation.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOLDING OPERATION

hold up one´s head
hold water
hold with
hold-back
hold-up
holdable
holdall
holddown
holden
holder
holderbat
holdership
holdfast
holding
holding company
holding paddock
holding pattern
holding thumbs
holdout
holdover

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOLDING OPERATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of holding operation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «holding operation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOLDING OPERATION

Find out the translation of holding operation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of holding operation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «holding operation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

控股经营
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

operación de la celebración
570 millions of speakers

English

holding operation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पकड़े आपरेशन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

عقد التشغيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

проведения операции
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

operação segurando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হোল্ডিং অপারেশন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

opération de maintien
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengadakan operasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Haltebetrieb
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

保持動作
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지주 작업
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyekeli operasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tổ chức hoạt động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அறுவை சிகிச்சை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

होल्डिंग ऑपरेशन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tutma işlemi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

operazione che tiene
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gospodarstwa operacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

проведення операції
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

operație care deține
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λειτουργία που κατέχουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hou werking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hold drift
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

holder drift
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of holding operation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOLDING OPERATION»

The term «holding operation» is used very little and occupies the 162.236 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOLDING OPERATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «holding operation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «holding operation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about holding operation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOLDING OPERATION»

Discover the use of holding operation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to holding operation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reason, Morality, and Law: The Philosophy of John Finnis
Those who embarked on a 'holding operation' knew it was a regime which would 'inevitably lead to death' unless the parents revoked it in time. The drugs used were not intended to hasten death but solely to reduce any suffering. A 'holding ...
John Keown, Robert P. George, 2013
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Reason, Morality, and Law: The Philosophy of John Finnis
Those who embarked on a 'holding operation' knew it was a regime which would 'inevitably lead to death' unless the parents revoked it in time. The drugs used were not intended to hasten death but solely to reduce any suffering. A 'holding ...
John Keown, Robert P. George, 2013
3
African Yearbook of International Law
For if international law cannot, for want of proper means, directly act to undo illegality, it can at least have the 'passive virtue' of a 'holding operation', in the face of an illegal but effective situation. The more perdurable the holding operation, the ...
A. A. Yusuf, 1994
4
Analysis of state laws and regulations impacting animal ...
A person constructing or commencing to operate a confined feeding or holding operation or waste control facility, or substantially modifying or expanding an existing confined feeding and holding operation or waste-control facility shall first  ...
George A. Whetstone, Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory, 1978
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Child Welfare: Child placement and children away from home
Foster care as it is presently organized is a holding operation, but a vital one for society. Foster parents conduct this holding operation, often with insufficient state and professional support. The holding operation, is under tremendous stress ...
Nick Frost, 2005
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Investment for Development 2005 Annual Report - Investment ...
Where only a “holding” operation is involved, all subsequent/downstream investments to be carried out shall require prior approval of the government. b. Where proprietary technology is sought to be protected or sophisticated technology is ...
OECD, 2005
7
Searching for the Left
That this holding operation has been carried out so smoothly is a testament to the extraordinary resilience and adaptiveness of the British ruling elite and to its powers of consensual domination. Yet it has remained a holding operation for all  ...
Michael Prior, 2010
8
British Armour in the Normandy Campaign
Nevertheless, Spring was conceived as a holding operation first and foremost and the Guards Armoured Division were under clear instructions not to take too many risks, while Erskine at 7th Armoured had already indicated that he saw little  ...
John Buckley, 2004
9
Development document for the proposed effluent limitations ...
The holding operation requires space and some means of storing the particular meat product in the holding area. These holding areas are refrigerated, and some drippings accumulate on the floor. The floor area, like other processing floors, ...
10
Unofficial Channels: Letters Between Alister McIntosh and ...
holding operation has been going on for years and is still underway. It is a type of operation familiar to the British: for generations, for instance, such an operation was conducted on the frontier of India; one year the tribes would be knocked ...
Alister McIntosh, Ian C. McGibbon, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOLDING OPERATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term holding operation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Pakistan's unending pain
First, a holding operation across Pakistan must immediately be launched to revisit elements of the country's infrastructure in need of urgent ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
2
Parliament plays Where's Boris? as Heathrow issue circles the house
The Davies report was only ever really intended as a £20m holding operation to allow the government to avoid making a decision before the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Greece exemplifies the failure of austerity and the dystopia and …
In its review of the 2010 bailout, the IMF itself admitted that “in retrospect, the program served as a holding operation” to allow private creditors ... «The Stringer, Jun 15»
4
The interest rate conundrum
Alas, its first Union budget, no more than a holding operation, did little to revive growth. But the gods were kind. The monsoon turned out to be ... «Financial Express Bangladesh, Jun 15»
5
New lease on life sought for dilapidated Kitty Market
“Basically, it's a holding operation for vendors and from a business point of view we are not doing any business.” Ogunseye said that the market ... «Stabroek News, Jun 15»
6
Gerry Hassan: The SNP have a historic opportunity - but we all face …
This could become another holding operation of bringing out the platitudes or it could be a moment in providing leadership and vision and ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jun 15»
7
Charles Krauthammer Bluntly Says What 71% of America Already …
... none and what they're doing now is a kind of holding operation to try to make sure it doesn't completely collapse before Obama leaves office. «IJ Review, Jun 15»
8
John Giles: Norwich attempt to block Wes Hoolahan playing for …
... and in the way of things, that will be no more than a holding operation until the full scale of the damage to the organisation is revealed. «Herald, Jun 15»
9
Supposing CalMac lost the Clyde and Hebridean ferries contract…
... shuttle service operator between the same two towns, Western Ferries, to provide the management as a holding operation for a year? «For Argyll, May 15»
10
Gold and Silver Rally Consolidates
The Fed released April's Open Market Committee minutes on Wednesday, which on balance was little more than another holding operation on ... «The Market Oracle, May 15»

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