"keep back" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: keeps back [present, singular, third-person], keeping back [participle, present], kept back [participle, past], kept back [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> back}} keep back (third-person singular simple present keeps back, present participle keeping back, simple past and past participle kept back)
  1. (transitive) To hold back; to refuse to give or share. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-keep_back-en-verb-3PHrwaPd
  2. (intransitive) To stay back; to refrain from approaching. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-keep_back-en-verb-YZfh43iO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "back", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 34 16 26 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "back": 25 54 9 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 47 12 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 48 15 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 61 9 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 54 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 12 70 7 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 52 11 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 19 60 9 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 52 11 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 58 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 48 13 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 19 54 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 60 9 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 19 60 9 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 19 54 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 18 54 10 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 62 9 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 54 10 17
  3. (transitive) To restrict or restrain. Tags: transitive Translations (restrict or restrain): задържам (zadǎržam) (Bulgarian), скривам (skrivam) (Bulgarian), tilbageholde (Danish), terughouden (Dutch), reteni (Esperanto), retenir (French), zurückhalten (German), visszatart (Hungarian), coisc (Irish), ritenere (Italian), reprimō (Latin), dētineō (Latin), holde tilbake (Norwegian), reter (Portuguese), retener (Spanish), hålla tillbaka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-keep_back-en-verb-f6zZ7zC0 Disambiguation of 'restrict or restrain': 11 3 84 2
  4. (transitive) To prevent (a pupil) from advancing in a course. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-keep_back-en-verb-ZPuiRZJV

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To hold back; to refuse to give or share."
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        "(intransitive) To stay back; to refrain from approaching."
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          "ref": "2017 November 10, Daniel Taylor, “Youthful England earn draw with Germany but Lingard rues late miss”, in The Guardian (London):",
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        "(transitive) To restrict or restrain."
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          "_dis1": "11 3 84 2",
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          "roman": "zadǎržam",
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          "word": "задържам"
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          "sense": "restrict or restrain",
          "word": "tilbageholde"
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          "sense": "restrict or restrain",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "restrict or restrain",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "restrict or restrain",
          "word": "coisc"
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        {
          "_dis1": "11 3 84 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "restrict or restrain",
          "word": "ritenere"
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          "_dis1": "11 3 84 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "restrict or restrain",
          "word": "reprimō"
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          "_dis1": "11 3 84 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "restrict or restrain",
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "restrict or restrain",
          "word": "holde tilbake"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "restrict or restrain",
          "word": "reter"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "restrict or restrain",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "word": "hålla tillbaka"
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        "To prevent (a pupil) from advancing in a course."
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        "(transitive) To prevent (a pupil) from advancing in a course."
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        "To hold back; to refuse to give or share."
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        "(transitive) To hold back; to refuse to give or share."
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        "To prevent (a pupil) from advancing in a course."
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        "(transitive) To prevent (a pupil) from advancing in a course."
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      "roman": "skrivam",
      "sense": "restrict or restrain",
      "word": "скривам"
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      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "restrict or restrain",
      "word": "tilbageholde"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "restrict or restrain",
      "word": "terughouden"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "restrict or restrain",
      "word": "reteni"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "restrict or restrain",
      "word": "retenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "restrict or restrain",
      "word": "zurückhalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "restrict or restrain",
      "word": "visszatart"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "restrict or restrain",
      "word": "coisc"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "restrict or restrain",
      "word": "ritenere"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "restrict or restrain",
      "word": "reprimō"
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      "sense": "restrict or restrain",
      "word": "dētineō"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "restrict or restrain",
      "word": "holde tilbake"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "restrict or restrain",
      "word": "reter"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "restrict or restrain",
      "word": "retener"
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      "sense": "restrict or restrain",
      "word": "hålla tillbaka"
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  "word": "keep back"
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