keep up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
maintain a required pace or level
He could not keep up and dropped out of the race
Types & categories
- keep step hyponym
Related & opposite
- compete entails
Sense 2 verb
lengthen or extend in duration or space
We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- prolongation derivation
- sustentation derivation
- protraction derivation
- upholder derivation
- sustainable derivation
Sense 3 verb
keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
We preserve these archeological findings
Types & categories
- keep hypernym
- embalm hyponym
- plastinate hyponym
- hold the line hyponym
Related & opposite
- maintenance derivation
- preservation derivation
- conservation derivation
- conservation derivation
- preservative derivation
Sense 4 verb
keep informed
He kept up on his country's foreign policies
Related & opposite
- trace verb group
Sense 5 verb
prevent from going to bed at night
The anticipation of the trip kept the children up all night
Related & opposite
- stay up causes
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | compete |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | keep step |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prolongation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sustentation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | protraction |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | upholder |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sustainable |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | preserve |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | keep on |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | maintenance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | preservation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conservation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conservation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | preservative |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | keep |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | embalm |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | plastinate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hold the line |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | trace |
| 5 | causes | Related & opposite | stay up |