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kept count

kept count is the simple past and past participle of keep count.

Meaning of keep count

Verb

keep count (third-person singular simple present keeps count, present participle keeping count, simple past and past participle kept count)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To track or record a changing total or number over time.
    Antonyms:
    lose count

Questions about kept count

What is kept count the simple past and past participle of?
Kept count is the simple past and past participle of keep count.

Words near kept count in the dictionary

  1. kept boy
  2. kept boys
  3. kept cave
  4. kept company
  5. kept counsel
  6. kept count
  7. kept down
  8. kept faith
  9. kept from
  10. kept going
  11. kept good time

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kept count (page history and authors); keep count (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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