keep someone amused in English

Forms: keeps someone amused [present, singular, third-person], keeping someone amused [participle, present], kept someone amused [participle, past], kept someone amused [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,kept>}} keep someone amused (third-person singular simple present keeps someone amused, present participle keeping someone amused, simple past and past participle kept someone amused)

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    {
      "form": "keeps someone amused",
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        "present",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "kept someone amused",
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        "To give someone entertaining or distracting things to do to prevent them from becoming bored."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To give someone entertaining or distracting things to do to prevent them from becoming bored."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep someone amused"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "keeps someone amused",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keeping someone amused",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept someone amused",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept someone amused",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<,,kept>"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give someone entertaining or distracting things to do to prevent them from becoming bored."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entertaining",
          "entertaining"
        ],
        [
          "distracting",
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        ],
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        "(idiomatic) To give someone entertaining or distracting things to do to prevent them from becoming bored."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep someone amused"
}

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"keep someone amused" meaning in English

Verb