Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling.

    erhalten

    сохранятьsoxranjatʹ, поддерживатьpodderživatʹ

  2. (idiomatic, transitive)To continue with (work, etc).

    Keep up the good work, team!

    weitermachen

    продолжатьprodolžatʹ

  3. (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

  4. To ensure that one remains well-informed about something.

    I always try to keep up with (or "keep up on") current affairs.

    keep informed

  5. 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

  6. (obsolete)To use capital letters as much as reasonable.

Examples

539 sentences
  1. Try to keep up with him.

    Спробуй триматися з ним на рівних. — JeNNeR

    ruПопробуй держаться с ним наравне. — Hellerick

  2. Try to keep up with Tom.

    Спробуй не відставати від Тома. — deniko

    ruПостарайся не отставать от Тома. — sharptoothed

    deVersuche, mit Tom Schritt zu halten. — Esperantostern

  3. Will the price keep going up?

    Ціна продовжуватиме зростати? — deniko

    ruЦена будет продолжать расти? — marafon

    deWird der Preis weiter steigen? — Luiaard

  4. It's hard to keep up with Tom.

    З Томом важко бути на рівних. — deniko

    ruЗа Томом трудно угнаться. — sharptoothed

    deEs ist nicht einfach, mit Tom mitzuhalten. — raggione

  5. I have trouble keeping up with Tom.

    Мені складно триматися на рівних з Томом. — deniko

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
maintain, preserve:
continue with:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
maintain, preserve:
continue with:
To stay even or ahead:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personskept up

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill keep up

Phrasal verbs

13 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

8 synonyms
stay even or ahead:keep pace
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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