Keep and Speak

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Keep

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

Speak

Speak verb - To express (a thought or emotion) in words.
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Synonyms for Speak
Antonyms for Speak
Keep is an antonym for speak in talk topic.
Nearby Words: speaker, speaking
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Common collocations

mind keep mind speak mind
life keep life speak life
people keep people speak people
word keep word speak word
Other words: name, number, time, way, names.

Both words in one sentence

  • Accent Relapse: Characters who've been demonstrated to speak fluent English prefer to speak with a heavy native accent if they no longer have to keep up the pretence.
    Source: Artistic License – Linguistics
  • Film / Mad Max: Fury Road Keep It Foreign: In the Russian-dubbed version, the Buzzards speak German instead of Russian to keep them foreign and evil.
    Source: Film / Mad Max: Fury Road
  • When Ed talks to Joel about this, Joel mentions a similar thing happening in Queens where Alter Kockers speak in Yiddish in order to keep secrets.
    Source: Hiding Behind the Language Barrier
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