keep on
keep
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/kˈiːp ˈɒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "keep on"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to keep on
[phrase form: keep]
01

āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to continue an action or state without interruption
Transitive: to keep on doing sth
to keep on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite the setbacks, she decided to keep on chasing her goals.
āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to continue employing someone
Transitive: to keep on an employee
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They offered to keep him on as a consultant after his retirement.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāϪ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ• āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to continue renting a house, apartment, or other property
Transitive: to keep on a property
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite the move, they decided to keep the apartment on for a few more months.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻœā§‡āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to persistently talk to a person about something or someone, often in an annoying manner
Intransitive: to keep on at sb | to keep on about sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He said he'd fix the leaky faucet, but she kept on at him until he did.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āĻŸā§‹ āĻ•āϞāϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻž āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏ⧇ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ