Meaning

1 senses

  1. (imperative, informal)To continue persevering; to carry on carrying on; to carry on with one's current activity or endeavor; an expression of encouragement.

    Near-synonyms: keep it up; (sometimes also) hang in, hang in there, hang on

Examples

790 sentences

  1. She keeps on making the same mistakes.

    Вона продовжує робити ті самі помилки. — deniko

    ruОна продолжает совершать одни и те же ошибки. — FeuDRenais

    deSie macht immer wieder dieselben Fehler. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. He kept on smoking all the time.

    Він постійно палив. — deniko

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  3. He kept on writing stories about animals.

    Він продовжував писати оповідання про тварин. — ChickenKiev

    ruОн продолжал писать рассказы о животных. — marafon

    deEr schrieb weiter Geschichten über Tiere. — Esperantostern

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  4. She kept on writing stories about animals.

    Вона продовжувала писати оповідання про тварин. — ChickenKiev

    ruОна продолжала писать рассказы о животных. — sharptoothed

    deSie schrieb weiter Geschichten über Tiere. — wolfgangth

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  5. We need someone to keep an eye on our baby while we are away.

    Нам потрібен хтось, щоб доглядати нашу дитину поки нас не буде. — aandrusiak

    deWir brauchen jemanden, der auf das Baby aufpasst, während wir fort sind. — kriskelvin

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Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theykeep on keeping on
he, she, itkeeps on keeping on

Past simpleLesson

all personskept on keeping on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave kept on keeping on
he, she, ithas kept on keeping on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill keep on keeping on

Synonyms

4 synonyms
keep it uphang inhang onhang in there

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
keenB2keenlykeepA1keeperB2keepsakekefirkeg
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