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To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To continue with (work, etc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- Keep up the good work, team!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To maintain position; to prevent oneself from falling behind; to stay even or ahead of another while walking, driving, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- They ran so fast I could hardly keep up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To ensure that one remains well-informed about something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I always try to keep up with (or "keep up on") current affairs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To prevent someone from going to bed or to sleep
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The crying baby kept me up all night
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To use capital letters as much as reasonable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: media, printing, publishing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: keep down
prevent from going to bed at night
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The anticipation of the trip kept the children up all night
- I kept myself up all night studying for the exam
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
keep informed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He kept up on his country's foreign policies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: keep abreast, follow
Antonyms: none provided
maintain a required pace or level
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He could not keep up and dropped out of the race
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: keep step, keep pace
keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We preserve these archeological findings
- The old lady could not keep up the building
- children must be taught to conserve our national heritage
- The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conserve, preserve, maintain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: keep
Narrower terms: embalm, plastinate, hold the line
lengthen or extend in duration or space
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible
- prolong the treatment of the patient
- keep up the good work
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prolong, sustain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve
Narrower terms: retain, continue, keep, keep on
From Middle English kepen up (“to perpetuate, maintain, preserve”), equivalent to keep + up.
Across languages
Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Asturian:
caltener
— maintain, preserve
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Bulgarian:
поддържам
(poddǎržam)
— maintain, preserve
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Czech:
udržovat
— maintain, preserve
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Czech:
udržet
— maintain, preserve
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Finnish:
ylläpitää
— maintain, preserve
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Finnish:
hoitaa
— maintain, preserve
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Finnish:
pitää
— maintain, preserve
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Finnish:
säilyttää
— maintain, preserve
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French:
maintenir
— maintain, preserve
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French:
conserver
— maintain, preserve
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German:
erhalten
— maintain, preserve
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Italian:
mantenere
— maintain, preserve
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Italian:
conservare
— maintain, preserve
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Latin:
tueor
— maintain, preserve
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Polish:
utrzymywać
— maintain, preserve
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Polish:
utrzymać
— maintain, preserve
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Portuguese:
manter
— maintain, preserve
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Romanian:
întreține
— maintain, preserve
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Romanian:
menține
— maintain, preserve
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Russian:
сохранять
(soxranjatʹ)
— maintain, preserve
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Russian:
поддерживать
(podderživatʹ)
— maintain, preserve
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Swedish:
underhålla
— maintain, preserve
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Czech:
pokračovat (s)
— continue with
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Finnish:
jatkaa
— continue with
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French:
continuer
— continue with
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French:
maintenir
— continue with
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German:
weitermachen
— continue with
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Italian:
continuare
— continue with
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Italian:
mantenere
— continue with
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Portuguese:
manter
— continue with
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Romanian:
continua
— continue with
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Russian:
продолжать
(prodolžatʹ)
— continue with
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Spanish:
continuar con
— continue with
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Spanish:
continuar así
— continue with
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Swedish:
fortsätta
— continue with
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Azerbaijani:
ayaqlaşmaq
— To stay even or ahead
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Bulgarian:
не изоставам
(ne izostavam)
— To stay even or ahead
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Czech:
udržet se
— To stay even or ahead
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Czech:
udržovat se
— To stay even or ahead
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Czech:
držet krok
— To stay even or ahead
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Dutch:
bijblijven
— To stay even or ahead
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Finnish:
pysyä mukana
— To stay even or ahead
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Finnish:
pysyä perässä
— To stay even or ahead
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German:
mithalten
— To stay even or ahead
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German:
Schritt halten
— To stay even or ahead
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Hungarian:
lépést tart
— To stay even or ahead
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Italian:
stare al passo
— To stay even or ahead
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Polish:
nadążać
— To stay even or ahead
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Polish:
nadążyć
— To stay even or ahead
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Portuguese:
acompanhar
— To stay even or ahead
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Portuguese:
manter-se atualizado
— To stay even or ahead
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Romanian:
ține pasul
— To stay even or ahead
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Spanish:
seguir / mantener la cadencia
— To stay even or ahead
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Spanish:
no rezagarse
— To stay even or ahead
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Spanish:
atener
— To stay even or ahead
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Spanish:
andar con
— To stay even or ahead
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Spanish:
no quedarse atrás
— To stay even or ahead
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Swedish:
hinna med
— To stay even or ahead
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Swedish:
hålla jämna steg
— To stay even or ahead
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Swedish:
hänga med
— To stay even or ahead
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Turkish:
ayak uydurmak
— To stay even or ahead
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Turkish:
yetişmek
— To stay even or ahead
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Finnish:
pysyä mukana
— To ensure that one remains well-informed about something
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Finnish:
pysyä perässä
— To ensure that one remains well-informed about something
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Finnish:
pitää ajan tasalla
— To ensure that one remains well-informed about something
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Italian:
rimanere aggiornato
— To ensure that one remains well-informed about something
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Romanian:
ține pasul
— To ensure that one remains well-informed about something
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Spanish:
mantenerse / estarse al día
— To ensure that one remains well-informed about something
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Spanish:
mantenerse / estarse al corriente
— To ensure that one remains well-informed about something
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Spanish:
mantenerse / estarse al tanto
— To ensure that one remains well-informed about something
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Swedish:
hänga med
— To ensure that one remains well-informed about something
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Finnish:
valvottaa
— To prevent someone from going to bed or to sleep
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Greek:
ξενυχτώ
(xenychtó)
— To prevent someone from going to bed or to sleep
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Romanian:
ține treaz
— To prevent someone from going to bed or to sleep
