Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To continue functioning; to maintain.

    The grandfather clock keeps going for over a week without winding.

    continue uninterrupted

  2. (transitive)To proceed; to make progress, physically or figuratively.

  3. (transitive)To see that (a person) is continually supplied with something, or that they can progress or carry on.

    I didn't think I could run any longer, but fear kept me going.

    I'll put all this meat in my freezer, and it'll keep me going for many months.

Translations

1 languages

Forms

keeps going, keeping going, kept going, kept going
Base formkeep going · to keep going
3rd person singularkeeps going
Present participlekeeping going
Past simplekept going
Past participlekept going

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theykeep going
he, she, itkeeps going

Past simpleLesson

all personskept going

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave kept going
he, she, ithas kept going

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill keep going

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
keenB2keenlykeepA1keeperB2keepsakekefirkeg
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