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keyed on

keyed on is the simple past and past participle of key on.

Meaning of key on

Verb

key on (third-person singular simple present keys on, present participle keying on, simple past and past participle keyed on)

  1. To anticipate a play by watching and analyzing the movements of one's opponent(s).
  2. (informal) To instruct or make (someone) aware of (something).
    • She keyed me on to the plan.

Questions about keyed on

What is keyed on the simple past and past participle of?
Keyed on is the simple past and past participle of key on.

Words near keyed on in the dictionary

  1. keyed fiddles
  2. keyed in
  3. keyed in on
  4. keyed into
  5. keyed off
  6. keyed on
  7. keyed out
  8. keyed up
  9. keyer
  10. keyers
  11. Keyes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: keyed on (page history and authors); key on (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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