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Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive), Verb (intransitive)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb keep on has 1 sense

  • keep on(v = verb.social) continue, keep, retain - 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"
  • is one way to keep up, prolong, sustain
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody

THESAURUS

keep on

abide, bide, carry on, cease not, continue, continue to be, defeat time, defy time, drag on, dwell, endure, exist, extend, go along, go on, hold, hold on, hold out, hold steady, jog on, keep, keep at, keep at it, keep busy, keep driving, keep going, keep moving, keep trying, keep up, last, last long, last out, linger, live, live on, live through, maintain, never cease, not accept compromise, peg away, perdure, perennate, persevere, persist, plug away, prevail, remain, run, run on, slog on, stagger on, stand, stay, stay on, subsist, survive, sustain, tarry, tide over, wear, wear well

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keep on

Perseverance

VB persevere, persist, hold on, hold out, die in the last ditch, be in at the death, stick to, cling to, adhere to, stick to one's text, keep on, keep to one's course, keep to one's ground, maintain one's course, maintain one's ground, go all lengths, go through fire and water, bear up, keep up, hold up, plod, stick to work, continue, follow up, die in harness, die at one's post.

Frequency

VB recur, do nothing but, keep, keep on.

Continuance in action

VB continue, persist, go on, jog on, keep on, run on, hold on, abide, keep, pursue, stick to its course, take its course, maintain its course, carry on, keep up, sustain, uphold, hold up, keep on foot, follow up, perpetuate, maintain, preserve, harp upon, keep going, keep alive, keep the pot boiling, keep up the ball, keep up the good work, die in harness, die with one's boots on, hold on the even tenor of one's way, pursue the even tenor of one's way, let be, stare super antiquas vias, quieta non movere, let things take their course, stare decisis (Jurisprudence).

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