Keep and Refer

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Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
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Synonyms for Keep
Antonyms for Keep
Refer is an antonym for keep.
Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Refer

Refer verb - To have a relation or connection.
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Synonyms for Refer
Antonyms for Refer
Keep is an antonym for refer in direct topic.
Nearby Words: reference, referred, referring, referral, referable
Similar words of keep

Similar words of refer

Common collocations

attention keep attention refer attention
man keep man refer man
people keep people refer people
name keep name refer name
Other words: relationship, time, fact, way, characters, everyone, names.

Both words in one sentence

  • Burn The Orphanage Several of their lines refer to the orphanage, which you apparently keep just missing while destroying the generic-looking buildings.
    Source: Burn The Orphanage
  • So much so that some Orthodox Jews Hebraicize to "Kashrut" when they specifically refer to Jewish dietary law ("I keep Kashrut at home").
    Source: Useful Notes / British English
  • Series / Student Bodies Surprisingly, they keep it fairly subtle and never refer to her by her full name.
    Source: Series / Student Bodies
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Antonyms for keep


Antonyms for refer

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