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Definition of 'keep on'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) retain, continue, keep, keep on
allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature
"We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"

Definition of 'keep on'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) keep on
to continue
Keep on past those buildings, and then turn right.; We keep on trying to fix it, but it still doesn't work.

2. keep on
keep on doing sth
to continue to employ sb
The company kept me on to re-train people.

Translation of 'keep on'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to continue (doing something or moving) He just kept on writing; They kept on until they came to a petrol station.
Afrikaans: aanhou	Arabic: يَسْتَمِر	Bulgarian: продължавам
Brazilian: continuar	Czech: pokračovat, stále (dělat	German: fortfahren
Danish: fortsætte	Greek: συνεχίζω	Spanish: continuar, seguir
Estonian: jätkama	Farsi: به کاری ادامه دادن	Finnish: jatkaa
French: continuer (à, de)	Hebrew: לְהַמשִיך	Hindi: जारी रहना, नौकरी में रखना
Croatian: nastaviti	Hungarian: folytatjaútját, tovább ha	Indonesian: terus
Icelandic: haldaáfram	Italian: continuare	Japanese: 続ける
Korean: 계속 ...하다	Lithuanian: toliau (ką daryti)	Latvian: turpināt
Malay: berterusan membuat sesuat	Dutch: doorgaan	Norwegian: fortsette (med), holde på
Polish: kontynuować, iść dalej	Persian: به کاری ادامه دادن	Pashto: ادامه وركول،جارى ساتل
Portuguese: continuar	Romanian: a continua (să)	Russian: продолжать делать что-л.
Slovak: pokračovať	Slovenian: nadaljevati	Serbian: nastaviti
Swedish: visa rätt tid	Thai: ทำต่อไป; เดินทางต่อไป	Turkish: yapıp durmak, devam etmek
Taiwanese: 繼續(進行某事或移動)	Ukrainian: продовжувати (робити що)	Urdu: کسی کام کو جاری رکھنا
Vietnamese: tiếp tục	Chinese: 继续（进行）
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'keep on' - Nearby Entries
keep on keep one's mouth shut keep one's nose to the grindstone keep one's shoulder to the wheel keep open keep out keep pace

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