keep up
To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or fallingTo maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling.
» Try to keep up with him.
Попробуй держаться с ним наравне.
Постарайся от него не отставать.
Постарайтесь от него не отставать.
Спробуй триматися з ним на рівних.
Намагайся від нього не відставати.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling.
erhalten
сохранятьsoxranjatʹ, поддерживатьpodderživatʹ
(idiomatic, transitive)To continue with (work, etc).
Keep up the good work, team!
weitermachen
продолжатьprodolžatʹ
(idiomatic, intransitive)To maintain position; to prevent oneself from falling behind; to stay even or ahead of another while walking, driving, etc.
They ran so fast I could hardly keep up.
mithalten, Schritt halten
To ensure that one remains well-informed about something.
I always try to keep up with (or "keep up on") current affairs.
keep informed
To prevent someone from going to bed or to sleep
The crying baby kept me up all night
prevent from going to bed at night
(obsolete)To use capital letters as much as reasonable.
Examples
539 sentencesTry to keep up with him.
Спробуй триматися з ним на рівних.
ruПопробуй держаться с ним наравне.
Try to keep up with Tom.
Спробуй не відставати від Тома.
ruПостарайся не отставать от Тома.
deVersuche, mit Tom Schritt zu halten.
Will the price keep going up?
Ціна продовжуватиме зростати?
ruЦена будет продолжать расти?
deWird der Preis weiter steigen?
It's hard to keep up with Tom.
З Томом важко бути на рівних.
ruЗа Томом трудно угнаться.
deEs ist nicht einfach, mit Tom mitzuhalten.
I have trouble keeping up with Tom.
Мені складно триматися на рівних з Томом.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English kepen up (“to perpetuate, maintain, preserve”), equivalent to keep + uFrom Middle English kepen up (“to perpetuate, maintain, preserve”), equivalent to keep + up.
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Forms
keeps up, keeping up, kept up, kept upPhrasal verbs
13 phrasal verbs- keep upслідувати, дотримуватисяTo maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling.
- keep offуникнути, уникатиTo stay or cause to stay at a distance (from).
- keep outзакрити, закриватиTo refrain from entering a place or condition.
- keep onпродовжувати, продовжитиTo persist or continue.
- keep downзменшити, знизитиTo repress.
- keep backутримувати, триматиTo hold back; to refuse to give or share.
- keep inUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see keep, in.
- keep awayTo refrain from coming (near).
More 5
- keep aroundTo keep something near one.
- keep toTo adhere strictly to; not to neglect or deviate from.
- keep acrossTo keep abreast of or up to date with; to keep people informed of.
- keep aheadTo do enough of a task in order to remain ahead of schedule; to stay ahead.
- keep underTo hold in subjection; hence, to oppress.
Synonyms
8 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb