"keep count" meaning in English

See keep count in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: keeps count [present, singular, third-person], keeping count [participle, present], kept count [participle, past], kept count [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,kept>}} keep count (third-person singular simple present keeps count, present participle keeping count, simple past and past participle kept count)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To track or record a changing total or number over time. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Translations (keep track): mantener / llevar la cuenta (Spanish), mantener / llevar el conteo (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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          "total",
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        [
          "number",
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          "over time"
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To track or record a changing total or number over time."
      ],
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          "sense": "keep track",
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          "sense": "keep track",
          "word": "mantener / llevar el conteo"
        }
      ]
    }
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      ]
    },
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        ],
        [
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To track or record a changing total or number over time."
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  "translations": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "keep track",
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    },
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    }
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