keep up
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.59 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To maintain position; to prevent oneself from falling behind; to stay even or ahead of another while walking, driving, etc.
Intransitive verb
verb
To ensure that one remains well-informed about something.
verb
To prevent someone from going to bed or to sleep
Example Sentences
- "This was the West Lancashire Railway, an ambitious but feckless little concern which, in a life lasting a quarter of a century, never earned a dividend, failed to keep up its debenture payments (despite a dangerous attempt to do so by issuing more debentures) and ended up in the hands of a receiver."
- "The NRA is pumping groundwater into the River Itchen in Hampshire to keep up its flow and is trying to save three streams, the Tong, the Little Stour and the Dour from going dry this summer."
- "Keep up the good work, team!"
- "Non obstante the Change of Religion, the Plough-boies, and also the Schooleboies will keep-up and retain their old Ceremonies and Customes and priviledges."
- "Keep up the good work of entertaining your fans on court Steffi; we know you can do it; your fans are behind you all the way."
- "If the borrower could no longer afford to keep up the payments, the longer he stayed in the home the more the interest bill mounted."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: kepen up