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keep on

/kiːp ɒn/

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verb

/kiːp ɒn/B1formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия продолжения чего-либо без остановки.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of continuing to do something without stopping.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

  1. Continue doing somethinginformal

    To persist or continue an action without stopping.

    ruПродолжать

    • Keep on working until you finish the task.
    • She kept on talking despite the interruption.
    • He kept on trying even after failing many times.

    Synonymscarry oncontinuego onmaintainperseverepersistproceed

    Antonymsceasedesistdiscontinueendhaltquitstopterminate

  2. Continue to employ or retainformal

    To continue to have someone as an employee or member.

    ruПродолжать нанимать

    • The company decided to keep on the temporary staff.
    • They kept him on as a consultant after the project ended.
    • The manager kept on the best performers from the team.

    Synonymsemploykeepretain

    Antonymsdischargedismissfirelay offlet go

Forms
  • kept on past participle
  • kept on past simple
  • keeping on present participle
  • keeps on third person singular

Base verbkeep

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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