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maintain
[ meyn-teyn ]
verb (used with object)
to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
Antonyms: discontinue
- to keep in an appropriate condition, operation, or force; keep unimpaired:
to maintain order; to maintain public highways.
Synonyms: keep up
- to keep in a specified state, position, etc.:
to maintain a correct posture; to maintain good health.
He maintained that the country was going downhill.
Synonyms: asseverate
- to support in speech or argument, as a statement or proposition.
Synonyms: justify, vindicate, defend, uphold
Antonyms: contradict
- to keep or hold against attack:
to maintain one's ground.
- to provide for the upkeep or support of; carry the expenses of:
to maintain a family.
- to sustain or support:
not enough water to maintain life.
maintain
/ meɪnˈteɪn /
verb
- to continue or retain; keep in existence
- to keep in proper or good condition
to maintain a building
- to support a style of living
the money maintained us for a month
- takes a clause as object to state or assert
he maintained that Talbot was wrong
- to defend against contradiction; uphold
she maintained her innocence
- to defend against physical attack
Derived Forms
- mainˈtainer, noun
- mainˈtainable, adjective
Other Words From
- main·taina·ble adjective
- main·taina·bili·ty noun
- main·tainer noun
- premain·tain verb (used with object)
- self-main·tained adjective
- self-main·taining adjective
- under·main·tain verb (used with object)
- under·main·tained adjective
- unmain·taina·ble adjective
- unmain·tained adjective
- well-main·tained adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of maintain1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Models in Israel will have to maintain a BMI of 18.5 or higher if they want to stay employed.
They were just way too aggressive to try and maintain on a farm here,” says Gow of his “Nazi cows.
While not all 86 million maintain positions of governance or public service, the Party's machinery runs on watchmaker precision.
There was really only one good reason to maintain the embargo: Trade with Cuba strengthens the Castros.
But if the goal is to maintain any hope—grim as it is— for serious negotiations leading to a two state solution.
The dormant accounts most of the banks maintain with the reserve bank are, perhaps, indicative of their attitude toward it.
I always maintain that our women are of immense service to us, but many of them are physically unfit.
But in one respect the currency notes helped to maintain the country's gold standard.
My own opportunities have been very limited, yet so far as they go they tend to maintain the justice of this remark.
Not one of the early electric actions proved either quick or reliable, and all were costly to install and maintain.
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