Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keep from

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.62 in modern English

Syllables: keep- from
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To prevent or restrain (someone or something) from; to refrain or cause to refrain from.

Transitive verb

verb

To make and cause to remain secret.

Transitive verb

verb

To cause to be excluded or not present.

Transitive verb

verb

To protect or preserve from.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment."
"What else did your brother keep from me?"
"He could not keep the sadness from his trembly voice."
"I don't want to keep you from school."
"As a mother, I wanted to keep my son from harm."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

keeps from (present, singular) keeping from (participle, present) kept from (participle, past) kept from (past)

Questions

What does keep from mean?: To prevent or restrain (someone or something) from; to refrain or cause to refrain from.

How to pronounce keep from

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