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keying on

keying on is the present participle and gerund 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 keying on

What is keying on the present participle and gerund of?
Keying on is the present participle and gerund of key on.

Words near keying on in the dictionary

  1. keying down
  2. keying in
  3. keying in on
  4. keying into
  5. keying off
  6. keying on
  7. keying out
  8. keying up
  9. Keyingham
  10. keyings
  11. keyite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: keying 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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