Keep and Release

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Keep

Keep verb - To continue to have in one's possession or power.
Usage example: keep my secret and don't tell it to anyone
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Release is an antonym for keep in topics: delay, hold, commemorate, tend, prevent.
Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Release

Release verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
Usage example: they released the workers who couldn't handle the new technology
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Synonyms for Release
Antonyms for Release
Keep is an antonym for release in topics: set free, let go.
Nearby Words: released, releasing
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How words are described

sweet sweet keep sweet release
old old keep old release
full full keep full release
specific specific keep specific release
Other adjectives: complete, regular, original, proper, single, actual, massive, main, major.

Common collocations

power keep power release power
people keep people release people
control keep control release control
number keep number release number
Other words: show, time, game, information, magic, everyone, powers, enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / FlashForward (2009) Instead, the new showrunners decided to keep him alive since John Cho had become popular following the release of the 2009 Star Trek, and the ratings needed all the help they could get.
    Source: Series / FlashForward (2009)
  • Western Animation / The Comic Strip Keep Circulating the Tapes: Because to date, there has been no official DVD release of the series.
    Source: Western Animation / The Comic Strip
  • The Telavista release is actually a bootleg so technically it's still a case of Keep Circulating the Tapes.
    Source: Keep Circulating The Tapes / Rescued
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