Interest and Keep

Interest

Interest verb - To hold the attention of.

Keep and interest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Interest".

Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

Interest and keep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Interest" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

How words are described

human human interest human keep
old old interest old keep
good good interest good keep
clear clear interest clear keep
Other adjectives: best, specific, original, single, actual, great, huge, slight, main, personal, major.

Common collocations

attention interest attention keep attention
man interest man keep man
people interest people keep people
job interest job keep job
Other words: relationship, someone, audience, hair, anyone, eyes, friends, powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • Mobile Suit Gundam F91 does the opposite of this with the hero managing to save his love interest and keep all his friends alive, but his side winds up losing the actual war and their home town is conquered.
  • The song is reassuring a partner that they don't have to change to keep the singer's interest - they have his interest just as they are now.
  • Sweet Polly Oliver Her love interest, and eventual husband in the series finale Kid, learns her secret in the very first episode and agrees to help her keep it.
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