Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keep to

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.65 in modern English

Syllables: keep- -to
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To adhere strictly to; not to neglect or deviate from.

Example Sentences

"Keep to the traveled roads."
"For example, the legal rule expressed by the provision "All road-users must keep to the right." projects as a possible general condition of the legal system that being road-user causes the obligation to keep to the right."
"No change is noted for two of the statements; if they keep to the speed limits a queue behind them is created and it is more important to adjust to the traffic pace than keeping to the speed limits."
"They will have a lot more respect for you if you are honest, rather than not keeping to your deadlines."
"2016, unidentified patient, quoted in Judy Gable, Tamara Herrmann, Counselling Skills for Dietitians, 3rd Edition, page 125, I was very good, though – I kept to my diet all the time."

Inflected Forms

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

Phrases

keep to oneself keep to one's knitting

Synonyms

stick to

Questions

What does keep to mean?: To adhere strictly to; not to neglect or deviate from.

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