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- [keep on, awn]
- /kip ɒn, ɔn/
- /kiːp ɒn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [keep on, awn]
- /kip ɒn, ɔn/
Definitions of keep on words
- verb with object keep on to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change. 1
- verb with object keep on to hold or have the use of for a period of time: You can keep it for the summer. 1
- verb with object keep on to hold in a given place; store: You can keep your things in here. 1
- verb with object keep on to maintain (some action), especially in accordance with specific requirements, a promise, etc.: to keep watch; to keep step. 1
- verb with object keep on to cause to continue in a given position, state, course, or action: to keep a light burning; to keep a child happy. 1
- verb with object keep on to maintain in condition or order, as by care and labor: He keeps his car in good condition. 1
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Origin of keep on
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English kepen, Old English cēpan to observe, heed, watch, await, take; perhaps akin to Old English gecōp proper, fitting, capian to look, Old Norse kōpa to stare
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Parts of speech for Keep on
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
keep on popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
keep on usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for keep on
verb keep on
- abide — to tolerate; put up with
- be-have — to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
- bivouac — A bivouac is a temporary camp made by soldiers or mountain climbers.
- bivouacked — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
- bivouacking — a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire.
Antonyms for keep on
verb keep on
- adjourn — If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time.
- blow the whistle on — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
- break it up — stop fighting
- call it a day — If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
- call it quits — to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even
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