kept
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
How often you will meet it
Rank 372 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 54,112 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.026% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded also: unbroken unbroken promisespromises kept
kept in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He was kept under heavy guard at Hope last night, and later on confessed the crime.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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The two vehicles kept near together, their occupants, the children especially, were very gay and lively.
Christmas with Grandma Elsie · Martha Finley · Chapter 1
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She had kept ahead of every one the whole time; and yet she neither walked nor ran.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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Nine fathom did she sink,—erect, though hid from light Save her colors unsurrendered and spars that kept the height.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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But to proceed, it was, by the account I kept, the 30th of September, when I first landed on this island.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1