held

¹

[held]

verb

1. simple past tense and a past participle of hold.

Held

²

[held]

noun

1. John, Jr., 1889–1958, U.S. cartoonist, illustrator, and writer.

held

/ hɛld /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of hold 1

Other Word Forms

• unheld adjective

Example Sentences

Leavitt told Fox News that six out of the seven board seats controlling the TikTok app in the U.S. would be held by Americans and that the app’s algorithm would be controlled by America.

From Los Angeles Times

Data belonging to the 170m users TikTok says it has in the US is already held on Oracle servers, under an existing arrangement called Project Texas.

From BBC

At one point they were held in basement cells with no windows for two months.

From BBC

Then, in 1985, Europe won and held the cup for eight of the next 11 meetings.

From Los Angeles Times

The TRA hearing was held without any representatives of Williams at her request.

From BBC