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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
Epictetus

Meaning of "keep company" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF KEEP COMPANY

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WHAT DOES KEEP COMPANY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of keep company in the English dictionary

The definition of keep company in the dictionary is to accompany. Other definition of keep company is to associate with each other; spend time together.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KEEP COMPANY

keep a person guessing
keep a stiff upper lip
keep a tight rein on
keep an eye open
keep at
keep away
keep back
keep body and soul together
keep count
keep down
keep fit
keep from
keep in
keep in with
keep it up
keep nit
keep off
keep on
keep on a string
keep one´s chin up

WORDS THAT END LIKE KEEP COMPANY

accompany
company
construction company
dance company
development company
free company
holding company
insurance company
limited company
limited liability company
management company
manufacturing company
parent company
private company
production company
public company
publishing company
shipping company
start-up company
theatre company
trading company

Synonyms and antonyms of keep company in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «keep company» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KEEP COMPANY

Find out the translation of keep company to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of keep company from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «keep company» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

做伴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hacer compañía
570 millions of speakers

English

keep company
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कंपनी रखना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحفاظ شركة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

держать компанию
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

manter a empresa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আমার স্নাতকের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

accompagner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

menemani
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gesellschaft leisten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

付き合う
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

회사를 유지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tetep perusahaan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giữ cho công ty
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிறுவனம் வைத்திருக்கவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कंपनी ठेवा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Şirket tutmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tenere compagnia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

utrzymać firmę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тримати компанію
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ține companie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συντροφεύουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hou maatskappy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hålla företaget
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

holde selskap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of keep company

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KEEP COMPANY»

The term «keep company» is regularly used and occupies the 64.602 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KEEP COMPANY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about keep company

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QUOTES WITH «KEEP COMPANY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word keep company.
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Epictetus
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KEEP COMPANY»

Discover the use of keep company in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to keep company and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The works of the Rev. William Bridge
Oh, what a sad condition therefore are ail those in that do keep bad company ; God looks upon them as wicked, that do keep company with the wicked. Why, hut is it not better to keep bad company than non" ; it is not good for man to be alone,  ...
William Bridge, 1845
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The Works: Now First Collected
What will not a wicked man think of himself when you that are godly shall keep company with him; will not he say, If my condition were not good, and if I were not godly, this man or woman would not keep company with me? Thus you harden ...
William Bridge, 1845
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The works of the Rev. William Bridge, M.A.: now first collected
Oh, what a sad condition therefore are all those in that do keep bad company ; God looks upon them as wicked, that do keep company with the wicked. Why, but is it not better to keep bad company than none ; it is not good for man to be alone,  ...
William Bridge, 1845
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Readings in Classical Political Thought
... other demi-gods who have been upright in their own life, would that be a poor kind of change? Again, what would one of you give to keep company with Orpheus and Musaeus, Hesiod and Homer? I am willing to die many times if that is true.
Peter J. Steinberger, 2000
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The Complete Concordance to Shakspere: Being a Verbal Index ...
3 and night did we keep company .... — v. 1 you do not keep promise with me.... — v. 1 we intended to keep ш darkness .... — v. 1 those swearings keep aa true in poul. . — r. 1 and witness bravery ксеря Meai./br ¡ira», i. 4 and Let It keep one ...
Mary Cowden- Clarke, 1870
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The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as ...
Diana Glyer invites readers into the heart of the group, examining diary entries and personal letters and carefully comparing the rough drafts of their manuscripts with their final, published work.
Diana Glyer, 2007
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The Panoplist, and Missionary Magazine United
jection to the foregoing construction of the passage under consideration, from the injunction, « not to keep company." But whatever may be meant by this phrase, it undoubtedly refers to those in the church, and can therefore be no guide, as to ...
‎1809
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Make a Killing: A Smoking Satire on Selling Cigarettes
Keep company research within the company. So what do you do when embarrassing memos get leaked to the press? First plead ignorance. Say that as the company CEO you are not familiar with all the technical scientific aspects of the ...
Gordon B. Lindsay, 1997
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The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Volume Two
foregoing verses he more particularly explains their duty with respect to such vicious persons, and enjoins it on them not to keep company with such. But then shows the difference they ought to observe in their carriage towards those who were ...
Jonathan Edwards
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The Religion of Protestants a safe way to Salvation
Neither is this to fay, that a man may keep company with Christopher Potter, and mt keep company vtitb the Provost of *l±Colltdge\Nortkat tman can avoid the company of a sinner, and at the fame time, he really present, with the man who is the ...
William CHILLINGWORTH, 1638

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KEEP COMPANY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term keep company is used in the context of the following news items.
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How IoT Devices Make Security Compliance Even More Complex …
And the controls needed to keep company and customer data safe can be sparse for some devices. As a compliance issue, the lack of control ... «OpenDNS Blog, Jul 15»
2
Ricky Bobby the diaper-wearing donkey finds home in Decatur | The …
Donkey Ricky Bobby, left and his dog friend/nanny, Beulah, like to keep company. | Joyce Marshall Star-Telegram. Ricky Bobby has been ... «Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jul 15»
3
When You Discover Sexual Immorality in the Church - Charisma News
I wrote to you in my letter not to keep company with sexually immoral people. Yet I did not mean the sexually immoral people of this world, ... «Charisma News, Jul 15»
4
New Army Chief Spends Sallah With Troops in Yobe - allAfrica.com
... Navy and the Air Force - will spare the time to keep company with soldiers at the battlefront during any festivities so as to boost their morale. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Coal scam: Life turns full circle for ex-Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda
Courted once by the high and mighty, Madhu Koda mostly has a few common villagers to keep company now. Ordered last week by a CBI court ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
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When You Discover Sexual Immorality in the Church — Charisma …
I wrote to you in my letter not to keep company with sexually immoral people. Yet I did not mean the sexually immoral people of this world, ... «Charisma News, Jul 15»
7
'Tangerine' a vital peek into unseen LA street lives - Wisconsin Gazette
They keep company with pimps, druggies and the overlooked. Shot entirely with iPhones, writer-director Sean Baker's fifth feature is an urgent, ... «Wisconsin Gazette, Jul 15»
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Inside the Game: Growing pains of taking a company of 10 to 40 (in …
So what do we do to keep company culture positive? It is estimated that Pixelberry has played over one thousand sessions of the popular card ... «Pocket Gamer.Biz, Jul 15»
9
Crime bosses, killers, pirate keep company in Coleman prison
COLEMAN — The current residence of notorious Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger sprawls off a two-lane Sumter County highway that ... «St. Augustine Record, Jul 15»
10
The Introvert's Temper Tantrum
As a true introvert, to stay as sane as possible after a lot of social time, it is not enough for me to simply keep company with myself (what others ... «PsychCentral.com, Jul 15»

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