Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keep someone amused

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables
keep- -some-one a-mused
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To give someone entertaining or distracting things to do to prevent them from becoming bored.

Inflected Forms

keeps someone amused (present, singular) keeping someone amused (participle, present) kept someone amused (participle, past) kept someone amused (past)

Questions

What does keep someone amused mean?
To give someone entertaining or distracting things to do to prevent them from becoming bored.

How to pronounce keep someone amused

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