to keep up

English - Turkish

Definition of to keep up in English Turkish dictionary

tutmak için

devam ettirmek

devam etmek

Tom'la devam etmek zor. - It's hard to keep up with Tom.

ayak uydurmak

Zamana ayak uydurmak için gazeteler okumalısın. - You should read the newspapers in order to keep up with the times.

Tom Joneses'lara ayak uydurmaktan bıktığını söylüyor. - Tom says he's tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses.

ayakta kalmak

yukarda tut

sürdürmek

Sadece evet ve hayır diyen biriyle bir konuşmayı sürdürmek zor. - It is difficult to keep up a conversation with someone who only says yes and no.

idame etmek

yetişmek

Ona yetişmek için çok çalışmalıyım. - I must study hard in order to keep up with him.

Diğer öğrencilere yetişmek için çalışmak zorundaydım. - I had to study hard to keep up with the other students.

(Ticaret) sürmek

(deyim) neşeli ve canlı kalmak

yüksek tutmak

(deyim) (hava) degismeden kalmak,devam etmek

geçindirmek

Böylesine büyük bir evi geçindirmek için çok para gerekir. - It takes a lot of money to keep up such a big house.

yüksekte tutmak

bozmamak

English - English

Definition of to keep up in English English dictionary: To stay even or ahead
They ran so fast I could hardly keep up.; To ensure that one remains well-informed about something
I always try to keep up with (or keep up on) current affairs.; To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating
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.; To continue with (work, etc)
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.''.; If you keep up with someone or something that is moving near you, you move at the same speed. She shook her head and started to walk on. He kept up with her; To keep up with something that is changing means to be able to cope with the change, usually by changing at the same rate. wage increases which keep up with inflation Things are changing so fast, it's hard to keep up; If you keep up with your work or with other people, you manage to do or understand all your work, or to do or understand it as well as other people. Penny tended to work through her lunch hour in an effort to keep up with her work Life is tough for kids who aren't keeping up in school; continue, persist, maintain one style of working; preserve, maintain; maintain a required pace or level; "He could not keep up and dropped out of the race"; prevent from going to bed at night; "The anticipation of the trip kept the children up all night"; "I kept myself up all night studying for the exam"; lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negociations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work"; maintain a required pace or level; "He could not keep up and dropped out of the race; If you keep up with what is happening, you make sure that you know about it. She did not bother to keep up with the news; keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; "We preserve these archeological findings"; "The old lady could not keep up the building"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"; keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies"; If you keep something up, you prevent it from growing less in amount, level, or degree. There will be a major incentive among TV channels to keep standards up Opposition forces are keeping up the pressure against the government; If you keep something up, you continue to do it or provide it. I was so hungry all the time that I could not keep the diet up for longer than a month They risk losing their homes because they can no longer keep up the repayments

to keep up

Turkish pronunciation

tı kip ʌp

Pronunciation

/tə ˈkēp ˈəp/ /tə ˈkiːp ˈʌp/

Etymology

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.