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- [keep-seyk]
- /ˈkipˌseɪk/
- /ˈkiːp.seɪk/
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- [keep-seyk]
- /ˈkipˌseɪk/
Definitions of keepsake word
- noun keepsake anything kept, or given to be kept, as a token of friendship or affection; remembrance. 1
- noun keepsake A small item kept in memory of the person who gave it or originally owned it. 1
- noun keepsake souvenir, memento 1
- countable noun keepsake A keepsake is a small present that someone gives you so that you will not forget them. 0
- noun keepsake a gift that evokes memories of a person or event with which it is associated 0
- noun keepsake something kept, or to be kept, for the sake of, or in memory of, the giver, an event, etc.; memento 0
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Origin of keepsake
First appearance:
before 1780 One of the 45% newest English words
1780-90; keep (v.) + sake1
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Parts of speech for Keepsake
noun
adjective
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preposition
conjunction
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keepsake popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
keepsake usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for keepsake
noun keepsake
- memento — an object or item that serves to remind one of a person, past event, etc.; keepsake; souvenir.
- reminder — a person or thing that serves to remind.
- souvenir — a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
- gift — gamete intrafallopian transfer: a laparoscopic process in which eggs are retrieved from an ovary by aspiration and inserted, along with sperm, into the fallopian tube of another woman.
- token — something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign: Black is a token of mourning.
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