"keep someone posted" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-keep someone posted.ogg Forms: keeps someone posted [present, singular, third-person], keeping someone posted [participle, present], kept someone posted [participle, past], kept someone posted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|keep<,,kept> someone posted}} keep someone posted (third-person singular simple present keeps someone posted, present participle keeping someone posted, simple past and past participle kept someone posted)
  1. (idiomatic) To inform (someone) regularly of the latest developments. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: keep someone posted up [dated], apprise Translations (inform of latest developments): iemand op hoogte te hou (Afrikaans), 随时通知 (suíshí tōngzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), iemand op de hoogte houden (Dutch), pitää ajan tasalla (Finnish), tenir quelqu’un au courant (French), jemanden auf dem Laufenden halten (German), ενημερώνω (enimeróno) (Greek), holde noen à jour (Norwegian), mantener informado (Spanish), haberdar etmek (Turkish)

Alternative forms

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