Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
Publish
Publish verb - To produce and release for distribution in printed form.
Common collocations
| name | keep name | publish name |
| number | keep number | publish number |
| rest | keep rest | publish rest |
| time | keep time | publish time |
| Other words: way, characters, money, game, story, information. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Now you got to publish, now you got to go to Stockholm — Bartlet: It is not good for a person to keep setting goals?
Source: Moving the Goalposts - No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup: Justified, in that Abednego did keep notes of his process and results, but was too afraid to publish them for fear of what would happen.
Source: Literature / Gladiator - Among other things, this allowed Nintendo to keep tight license control (and censorship) over developers attempting to publish games on the console, not just users attempting to make their own copies.
Source: Copy Protection / Nintendo
Cite this Source
Publish and Keep. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/publish
Keep & Publish. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/publish>.
Publish or Keep. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/publish.
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