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to keep posted

to keep posted

62 3.5
Tell someone often about new events or changes
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : mantener informado
  • Keep me posted if you hear anything new about the job interview.
  • Please keep me posted
  • Just keep me posted
  • keep us posted on updates

And I will keep you guys posted on his progress.

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Examples

  • I wish you the best of luck, and do keep us posted as to how you're doing.

    Blog text (14)

  • So Peter, keep me posted on how you're doing.

  • And I will keep you guys posted on his progress.

    iJustine

  • - All right, keep me posted.

    Trouble with the Curve (2012)

  • Well, please keep us posted.

    Anything for Jackson (2020)

  • - We'll keep you posted as...

    2 Days in New York (2012)

  • I'll keep you posted as the news comes in to me.

    The Fog (1980)

  • I'm going to keep you posted on this one, okay?

    Babes (2024)

  • I promise I'll keep you posted on developments.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • "Our goal is to keep the campus posted as time elapses," Salas said.

    Blog text (11)

Synonyms

to let me know
vsto keep posted
637 1.8

Tell me when something changes or you have news

provides regular updates about ongoing developments rather than occasional notices
to notify
vsto keep posted
  • Formal
367 3.1

Tell someone about something, often in an official way

shares ongoing informal updates over time rather than formal one-off announcements
to let us know
vsto keep posted
155 1.0

To tell us something so we can answer

focuses on giving repeated updates over time rather than single notifications
to apprise
vsto keep posted
  • Formal
22 7.4

To tell someone about news or a change

gives continuous or repeated updates about developments rather than single notices
to keep in the loop
vsto keep posted
16 3.5

To make sure someone regularly gets the latest information

is the same in meaning but expressed with a different idiomatic phrase

Antonyms

to keep quiet
90 2.5

To say nothing or not tell a secret

How Informed

to keep posted
62 3.5
to notify
  • Formal
367 3.1
to tell
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

keep posted infinitive
keeping posted present participle
keeps posted third person singular
kept posted past
kept posted past participle

Morphology

keep + posted

The sense can be partly inferred from 'keep' (continue) plus 'posted' (in a state of being posted/informed) — together they suggest maintaining someone in an informed state. However, 'posted' as 'informed' is a somewhat colloquial or extended use that may not be obvious to a B1 learner who only knows the literal sense of 'post', so the meaning is not fully predictable without prior exposure.

Etymology

Keep posted may come from the old idea of pinning news or notes to a wooden post or notice board so people could see updates. So, to keep someone posted means 'to give them regular updates'.