English Explanatory Dictionary

keep up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling.
  2. To continue with (work, etc).
  3. To stay even or ahead.
  4. To ensure that one remains well-informed about something.
  5. To prevent someone from going to bed or to sleep
  6. To use capital letters as much as reasonable.

Pronunciation

En-au-keep up.ogg

Word forms

keep up keeps up keeping up kept up

Etymology

From Middle English kepen up (“to perpetuate, maintain, preserve”), equivalent to keep + up.

Synonyms

keep pace

Antonyms

keep down

Derived words

keepie-uppie keep it up keep up appearances keep up with keep up with the Joneses keep up with the times
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