"keep going" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-us-keep going.ogg Forms: keeps going [present, singular, third-person], keeping going [participle, present], kept going [participle, past], kept going [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> going}} keep going (third-person singular simple present keeps going, present participle keeping going, simple past and past participle kept going)
  1. (intransitive) To continue functioning. Tags: intransitive Translations (To continue functioning.): continuer de fonctionner (French)
    Sense id: en-keep_going-en-verb-WbVmJZMw Disambiguation of 'To continue functioning.': 85 7 8
  2. (transitive) To proceed; to make progress, physically or figuratively. Tags: transitive Translations (To make progress, physically or figuratively.): continuer de faire (French)
    Sense id: en-keep_going-en-verb-vfR7vnpO Disambiguation of 'To make progress, physically or figuratively.': 2 87 10
  3. (transitive) To see that (a person) is continually supplied with something, or that they can progress or carry on. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-keep_going-en-verb-67MCHYTi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English light verb constructions, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 8 79 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 11 8 81 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 15 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 12 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 8 83 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 13 73

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To continue functioning."
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        "(transitive) To proceed; to make progress, physically or figuratively."
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        "(transitive) To see that (a person) is continually supplied with something, or that they can progress or carry on."
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      "sense": "To continue functioning.",
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