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Definition of 'keep up'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) keep up
maintain a required pace or level
"He could not keep up and dropped out of the race"

2. (verb) prolong, sustain, keep up
lengthen or extend in duration or space
"We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work"

3. (verb) conserve, preserve, maintain, keep up
keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
"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"

4. (verb) keep up, keep abreast, follow
keep informed
"He kept up on his country's foreign policies"

5. (verb) keep up
prevent from going to bed at night
"The anticipation of the trip kept the children up all night"; "I kept myself up all night studying for the exam"

Definition of 'keep up'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) keep up
to be able to do the same as sb or sth else
He couldn't keep up with his older sister.; companies trying to keep up in the marketplace

2. keep up
to continue to do
Keep up the good work!; a group working at keeping up the pace of change

Translation of 'keep up'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to continue, or cause to remain, in operation I enjoy our friendship and try to keep it up.
Afrikaans: volhou, uithou	Arabic: يَسْتَمِر، يُحافِظ على، ي	Bulgarian: запазвам
Brazilian: manter	Czech: udržet	German: aufrechterhalten
Danish: holde vedlige	Greek: διατηρώ, συντηρώ, συνεχίζ	Spanish: mantener, seguir
Estonian: jätkama	Farsi: برقرار نگهداشتن	Finnish: jatkaa
French: entretenir	Hebrew: לְשָמֵר	Hindi: जारी रहना, अच्छा मौसम
Croatian: održavati	Hungarian: folytat	Indonesian: meneruskan
Icelandic: halda gangandi/við	Italian: mantenere	Japanese: 続ける
Korean: 계속하다, 유지하다	Lithuanian: palaikyti	Latvian: uzturēt; turpināt
Malay: berterusan	Dutch: gaande houden	Norwegian: holde ved like
Polish: podtrzymać	Persian: ،مستمر برقرار نگهداشتن	Pashto: بر قرار ساتل،ټينګ ساتل
Portuguese: manter	Romanian: aîntreţine	Russian: продолжать, поддерживать
Slovak: udržať	Slovenian: nadaljevati	Serbian: očuvati
Swedish: vidmakthålla, hålla i gån	Thai: ดำเนินต่อไป	Turkish: sürdürmek, devam ettirmek
Taiwanese: 維持，使持續	Ukrainian: підтримувати; продовжуват	Urdu: برقرار رکھنا
Vietnamese: giữ vững	Chinese: 维持
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