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поддерживать, сохранять, содержать, обслуживать, удерживать, утверждать

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- поддерживать, сохранять

- содержать

to maintain an army — содержать армию
to maintain one’s family — содержать семью

- поддерживать (партию, движение и т. п.)

to maintain the common cause — оказать поддержку общему делу

- защищать, отстаивать (точку зрения, мнение и т. п.)

to maintain one’s rights — защищать /отстаивать/ свои права

- юр. поддерживать одну из тяжущихся сторон (незаконно и в корыстных целях)
- сохранять, удерживать

to maintain hold of — сохранять в своих руках; держать под контролем
to maintain one’s ground — а) удерживаться на месте; б) стоять на своём; не уступать
to maintain a position — воен. удерживать позицию
if the improvement is maintained — если состояние (больного) не ухудшится

- обслуживать; содержать в хорошем состоянии (дороги, машины и т. п.)

he maintains his car himself — он сам ремонтирует свою машину

- книжн. утверждать, настаивать, уверять

to maintain that … — утверждать /уверять/, что …; придерживаться того мнения, что …
he maintained his innocence — он настаивал на своей невиновности

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Словосочетания

a religious sect that expects its unmarried members to be completely celibate and its married adherents to maintain continent relationships — религиозная секта, которая требует от своих неженатых членов полного безбрачия, а от женатых приверженцев — поддержания целомудренных отношений
the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy — беспрерывная борьба за поддержание демократических стандартов
to maintain a blockade — поддерживать блокаду
to maintain combustion — поддерживать горение
to maintain one’s dignity — сохранять достоинство
to maintain / keep discipline — поддерживать порядок
to maintain a garden — ухаживать за садом
to hold / maintain the lead — держать лидерство
to maintain the flight level — выдерживать заданный эшелон полёта
to maintain liaison — поддерживать связь
to maintain machinery — обслуживать оборудование
to maintain one’s composure — сохранять спокойствие, оставаться хладнокровным

Примеры с переводом

He maintained his innocence.

Он настаивал на своей невиновности.

How can you maintain a family on $900 a month?

Как можно содержать семью на девятьсот долларов в месяц?

He maintains that no child is really bad.

Он утверждает, что на самом деле плохих детей не бывает.

How can we maintain control of spending?

Как мы можем сохранить контроль над расходами?

Whatever betides, maintain your courage.

Что бы ни случилось, сохраняйте присутствие духа.

He maintained himself against his many enemies.

Он защищался от всех своих многочисленных врагов.

She has struggled to maintain a constant weight.

Она изо всех сил старалась поддерживать постоянный вес.

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Many companies outsource and hire consultants in order to maintain a flexible workforce

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transitive verb

: to keep in an existing state (as of repair, efficiency, or validity) : preserve from failure or decline

: to sustain against opposition or danger : uphold and defend

: to support or provide for

: sustain

enough food to maintain life

: to affirm in or as if in argument : assert

maintained that the earth is flat

Synonyms

Choose the Right Synonym for maintain

steadfastly maintained his innocence

assert suggests determination to make others accept one’s claim.

defend implies maintaining in the face of attack or criticism.

defended his voting record

vindicate implies successfully defending.

his success vindicated our faith in him

justify implies showing to be true, just, or valid by appeal to a standard or to precedent.

the action was used to justify military intervention

Example Sentences

They have always maintained high standards of professional conduct.

He has found it difficult to maintain a healthy weight.

The company has done a poor job of maintaining its computer network.

It was obvious that the house had been poorly maintained.

She was finding it hard to maintain her balance.

She still maintains a close relationship with her college roommate.

It’s difficult to maintain a correspondence when we’re both so busy.

The pilot was struggling to maintain control of the aircraft.

The police say that they will do whatever is necessary to maintain law and order.

Recent Examples on the Web

The workplace attack in Louisville was the 16th mass killing in the United States in which four or more people were fatally shot in 2023, according to a database maintained by Northeastern University, the Associated Press and USA Today.

—Azi Paybarah, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023

The 15 mass shootings this year are the most during the first 100 days of a calendar year since 2009, when 16 had occurred by April 10, according to a mass killings database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.

—Dylan Lovan And Claire Galofaro, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023

Republicans nix plan to replace lead pipes On a 12-4, party-line vote, the committee approved about $400,000 over two years to buy and maintain body cameras for Department of Natural Resources wardens.

—Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 11 Apr. 2023

The 15 mass shootings this year are the most during the first 100 days of a calendar year since 2009, when 16 had occurred by April 10, according to a mass killings database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.

—Dylan Lovan And Claire Galofaro, Chron, 10 Apr. 2023

The 15 mass shootings this year are the most during the first 100 days of a calendar year since 2009, when 16 had occurred by April 10, according to a mass killings database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.

—Dylan Lovan, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2023

Experienced skiers and snowboarders are drawn to virgin powder outside the routes maintained by the ski patrol.

—Thallman, oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2023

This year’s 15 mass shootings is the most during the first 100 days of a calendar year since 2009, when 16 incidents had occurred by April 10, according to a mass killings database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.

—Dylan Lovan And Claire Galofaro, Chicago Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023

The 15 mass shootings this year are the most during the first 100 days of a calendar year since 2009, when 16 had occurred by April 10, according to a mass killings database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.

—Dylan Lovan And Claire Galofaro, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English mainteinen, from Anglo-French maintenir, maynteiner, from Medieval Latin manutenēre, from Latin manu tenēre to hold in the hand

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of maintain was
in the 14th century

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English mayntenen, from Old French maintenir, from Late Latin manūteneō, manūtenēre (“I support”), from Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“I hold”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /meɪnˈteɪn/, /mənˈteɪn/
Rhymes: -eɪn

Verb[edit]

maintain (third-person singular simple present maintains, present participle maintaining, simple past and past participle maintained)

(obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action. [14th–19th c.]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “j”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XV:
  
  And thenne he asked leue & wente oute of his heremytage for to mayntene his neuewe ageynst the myghty Erle and so hit happed that this man that lyeth here dede dyd so moche by his wysedome and hardynes that the Erle was take and thre of his lordes by force of this dede man.
  «And then he asked leave, and went out of his hermitage for to maintain his nephew against the mighty earl; and so it happed that this man that lieth here dead did so much by his wisdom and hardiness that the earl was taken, and three of his lords, by force of this dead man.»
  
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To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). [from 14th c.]
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
  
  Ther[idamas]. Won with thy words, & conquered with thy lookes,
  I yeeld my ſelfe, my men & horſe to thee:
  To be partaker of thy good or ill,
  As long as life maintaines Theridimas.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
  
  This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.
- 2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2-3 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
  
  Mancini’s men were far from their best but dug in to earn a 10th win in 11 league games and an eighth successive victory in all competitions to maintain their five-point lead at the top of the table.
- 2013 March 1, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 98:
  
  Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.
To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert. [from 15th c.]
- 1962 December, “A new Pullman era?”, in Modern Railways, page 362:
  
  Pullman traditionalists will no doubt maintain that the full-service-at-every-seat principle is popular with their clientele; […].
- 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian:
  
  She maintains that the internet should face similar curbs to TV because young people are increasingly living online. «It’s totally different, someone at Google watching the video from the comfort of their office in San Francisco to someone from a council house in London, where this video is happening right outside their front door.»
To keep in good condition and working order.
- 1946 July and August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 213:
  
  The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.

Antonyms[edit]

(to keep up): abandon

Derived terms[edit]

maintainability

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Translations[edit]

to maintain, to consider — see hold

to keep up

Arabic: حَافَظَ‎ (ḥāfaẓa)
Bulgarian: поддържам (bg) (poddǎržam)
Catalan: mantenir (ca)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 維持／维持 (zh) (wéichí)
Czech: udržovat (cs)
Danish: vedligeholde (da)
Dutch: handhaven (nl)
Esperanto: bonteni
Finnish: ylläpitää (fi), hoitaa (fi), säilyttää (fi), pitää (fi)
French: entretenir (fr)
Georgian: შენარჩუნება (šenarčuneba)
German: unterhalten (de), warten (de), beibehalten (de), aufrechterhalten (de)
Greek: διατηρώ (el) (diatiró)

Ancient: διατηρέω (diatēréō)
Hungarian: karbantart (hu), fenntart (hu), tart (hu)
Ido: mantenar (io)
Irish: coinnigh
Italian: mantenere (it)
Japanese: 保つ (ja) (tamotsu), 維持する (ja) (iji suru)
Korean: 유지하다 (ko) (yuji-hada)
Latin: habeo (la), tueor
Maori: tuarā
Ngazidja Comorian: uɗumisha
Norwegian: opprettholde, bevare (no), vedlikeholde
Occitan: manténer (oc)
Portuguese: manter (pt)
Romanian: menține (ro)
Russian: подде́рживать (ru) impf (poddérživatʹ), поддержа́ть (ru) pf (podderžátʹ)
Sanskrit: धरति (sa) (dharati)
Spanish: mantener (es)
Swahili: dumisha (sw)
Swedish: upphålla, bibehålla (sv)
Ukrainian: підтри́мувати (pidtrýmuvaty)

Anagrams[edit]

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verb (used with object)

to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.

to keep in an appropriate condition, operation, or force; keep unimpaired: to maintain order; to maintain public highways.

to keep in a specified state, position, etc.: to maintain a correct posture; to maintain good health.

to affirm; assert; declare: He maintained that the country was going downhill.

to support in speech or argument, as a statement or proposition.

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.

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Origin of maintain

1200–50; Middle English mainteinen<Old French maintenir ≪ Medieval Latin manūtenēre,Latin manū tenēre literally, to hold in hand, equivalent to manū, ablative of manus hand (see manual) + tenēre to hold (see tenet)

synonym study for maintain

4. Maintain, assert, aver, allege, hold, state all mean to express an opinion, judgment, or position. Maintain carries the implications of both firmness and persistence in declaring or supporting a conviction: She maintained her client’s innocence even in the face of damaging evidence. Assert suggests assurance, confidence, and sometimes aggressiveness in the effort to persuade others to agree with or accept one’s position: He asserted again and again the government’s right to control the waterway. Aver, like assert, implies confident declaration and sometimes suggests a firmly positive or peremptory tone; in legal use aver means “to allege as fact”: to aver that the evidence is incontrovertible. Allege indicates a statement without evidence to support it, and thus can imply doubt as to the validity or accuracy of an assertion: The official is alleged to have been unaware of the crime. Hold means simply to have or express a conviction or belief: We hold these truths to be self-evident; She held that her rights had been violated. State usually suggests a declaration that is forthright and unambiguous: He stated his reasons in clear, simple language.

OTHER WORDS FROM maintain

main·tain·a·ble, adjectivemain·tain·a·bil·i·ty, nounmain·tain·er, nounpre·main·tain, verb (used with object)

self-main·tained, adjectiveself-main·tain·ing, adjectiveun·der·main·tain, verb (used with object)un·der·main·tained, adjectiveun·main·tain·a·ble, adjectiveun·main·tained, adjectivewell-main·tained, adjective

Words nearby maintain

mainstreamer, mainstreaming, mainstream media, main street, mainstreeting, maintain, maintained school, maintainor, maintenance, maintenance and cure, maintenance-free

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What are other ways to say maintain?

To maintain something is to keep it in existence, or to preserve it. How does maintain compare to the synonyms support, sustain, and uphold? Learn more on Thesaurus.com.

Words related to maintain

continue, control, cultivate, finance, keep, manage, preserve, protect, provide, renew, retain, support, sustain, uphold, advocate, declare, defend, emphasize, hold, insist

How to use maintain in a sentence

Because I wrote a book years ago about the Army-Navy football rivalry and have maintained connections with many from the two schools, I know a lot of veterans.
They are institutions built to hold and maintain power for a political group.
One method of maintaining a connection to the person, product or brand that is the target of a boycott is called “moral decoupling.”
Those statements conflict with the union’s efforts to work with the NBA on a scaled-down event, in hopes of salvaging television revenue and maintaining productive relationships with the owners and media partners.

Shallal said the Anacostia Busboys and Poets has maintained more revenue during the pandemic than any of the restaurant’s other locations.
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.

British Dictionary definitions for maintain

verb (tr)

to continue or retain; keep in existence

to keep in proper or good conditionto maintain a building

to support a style of livingthe money maintained us for a month

(takes a clause as object) to state or asserthe maintained that Talbot was wrong

to defend against contradiction; upholdshe maintained her innocence

to defend against physical attack

Derived forms of maintain

maintainable, adjectivemaintainer, noun

Word Origin for maintain

C13: from Old French maintenir, ultimately from Latin manū tenēre to hold in the hand

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Contents

1 What does it mean to maintain something?
2 What is an example of maintain?
3 What is the legal definition of the word maintain?
4 What does keeping up Maintain mean?
5 What is maintaining cause?
6 What does it mean to maintain an action?
7 What does maintain employment mean?
8 What does maintain interest mean?
9 What is the noun of maintain?
10 Is maintain transitive or intransitive?
11 What is the synonym of maintaining?
12 What type of verb is maintain?
13 What is the difference between maintain and maintenance?
14 Is the opposite term for maintaining?
15 What’s another name for maintenance man?
16 What is preventive maintenance?
17 What is correct maintenance?
18 What are the types of maintenance?
19 What are the 4 types of maintenance?
20 Why maintenance is required?

What does it mean to maintain something?

1 : to keep in an existing state (as of repair, efficiency, or validity) : preserve from failure or decline maintain machinery. 2 : to sustain against opposition or danger : uphold and defend maintain a position. 3 : to continue or persevere in : carry on, keep up couldn’t maintain his composure.

What is an example of maintain?

Maintain is defined as to keep in a current state in order to prevent from failing or breaking or to carry on or to support or provide. An example of maintain is to bring one’s car to a mechanic for regular oil changes. An example of maintain is to keep soldiers on task. … Maintain two cars.

What is the legal definition of the word maintain?

Maintain means to provide such maintenance, repair and, to the extent necessary and appropriate, replacement, as may be needed to keep the subject property in good condition and repair. Sample 2.

What does keeping up Maintain mean?

transitive verb. : to persist or persevere in kept up the good work also : maintain, sustain keep standards up. intransitive verb. 1 : to keep adequately informed or up-to-date keep up on international affairs.

What is maintaining cause?

an influence in a person’s environment that tends to maintain and reinforce maladaptive behavior. An example is the required participation at cocktail parties of a business professional with alcoholism.

What does it mean to maintain an action?

To maintain an action or suit is to commence or institute it; the term imports the existence of a cause of action.

What does maintain employment mean?

Maintain employment means the preservation of job positions associated with the project which would otherwise be lost, as measured in terms of full−time equivalent positions.

What does maintain interest mean?

3 verb If you maintain something at a particular rate or level, you keep it at that rate or level. The government was right to maintain interest rates at a high level.

What is the noun of maintain?

maintenance. Explanation: Maintain, the verb related to the noun maintenance, comes from the Latin expression manu tenere meaning literally “hold in the hand,” a fitting picture for this word. As well as the upkeep of machines, maintenance can be used with things that need sustaining.

Is maintain transitive or intransitive?

A transitive verb is one that is used with an object: a noun, phrase, or pronoun that refers to the person or thing that is affected by the action of the verb. In the following sentences, admire, maintain, face, and love are transitive verbs: I admire your courage.

What is the synonym of maintaining?

keep up, carry on, continue, perpetuate, preserve, prolong, retain, sustain. support, care for, look after, provide for, supply, take care of. assert, avow, claim, contend, declare, insist, profess, state.

What type of verb is maintain?

maintain Definitions and Synonyms ‌‌‌

present tense
he/she/it	maintains
present participle	maintaining
past tense	maintained
past participle	maintained

What is the difference between maintain and maintenance?

As nouns the difference between maintenance and maintaining

is that maintenance is actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service while maintaining is the act of doing maintenance.

Is the opposite term for maintaining?

What is the opposite of maintain?

neglect	abandon
desert	discard
disregard	forsake
disown	ignore
overlook	reject

What’s another name for maintenance man?

What is another word for maintenance man?

caretaker	custodian
groundskeeper	janitor
warden	superintendent
maintenance person	odd job man
cleaner	super

What is preventive maintenance?

Preventive maintenance (PM) is the regular and routine maintenance of equipment and assets in order to keep them running and prevent any costly unplanned downtime from unexpected equipment failure. A successful maintenance strategy requires planning and scheduling maintenance of equipment before a problem occurs.

What is correct maintenance?

Corrective maintenance is a maintenance task performed to identify, isolate, and rectify a fault so that the failed equipment, machine, or system can be restored to an operational condition within the tolerances or limits established for in-service operations.

What are the types of maintenance?

Generally, there are six main maintenance strategies:

Reactive (run-to-failure)
Predetermined maintenance.
Preventive maintenance.
Corrective maintenance.
Condition-based maintenance.
Predictive maintenance.

What are the 4 types of maintenance?

Four general types of maintenance philosophies can be identified, namely corrective, preventive, risk-based and condition-based maintenance.

Why maintenance is required?

The need of maintenance is based on the actual or imminent fail. Ideally, maintenance is carried out to keep equipment and systems running efficiently during at least its usual life cycle. As such, practical functioning of equipment is a function based on time.

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main·tain

(mān-tān′)

tr.v. main·tained, main·tain·ing, main·tains

1. To keep up or carry on; continue: maintain good relations.

2. To keep in an existing state; preserve or retain: maintain one’s composure.

3. To keep in a condition of good repair or efficiency: maintain two cars.

a. To provide for; support: maintain a family.

b. To keep in existence; sustain: enough food to maintain life.

5. To defend or hold against criticism or attack: maintained his stand on taxes.

6. To declare to be true; affirm: maintained her innocence.

7. To adhere or conform to; keep: maintain a busy schedule.

[Middle English maintainen, from Old French maintenir, from Medieval Latin manutenēre, from Latin manū tenēre, to hold in the hand : manū, ablative of manus, hand; see man- in Indo-European roots + tenēre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

main·tain′a·bil′i·ty n.

main·tain′a·ble adj.

main·tain′er n.

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maintain

(meɪnˈteɪn)

vb (tr)

1. to continue or retain; keep in existence

2. to keep in proper or good condition: to maintain a building.

3. to support a style of living: the money maintained us for a month.

4. (takes a clause as object) to state or assert: he maintained that Talbot was wrong.

5. to defend against contradiction; uphold: she maintained her innocence.

6. to defend against physical attack

[C13: from Old French maintenir, ultimately from Latin manū tenēre to hold in the hand]

mainˈtainable adj

mainˈtainer n

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main•tain

(meɪnˈteɪn)

v.t.

1. to keep in existence or continuance; preserve.

2. to keep in due condition, operation, or force.

3. to keep in a specified state, position, etc.

4. to affirm; assert; declare.

5. to support in speech or argument.

6. to keep or hold against attack.

7. to provide for the upkeep or support of.

[1200–50; « Vulgar Latin *manūtenēre literally, to hold in the hand]

main•tain′a•ble, adj.

main•tain′er, n.

maintain

When used in the context of deliberate planning, the directed command will keep the referenced operation plan, operation plan in concept format, or concept summary, and any associated Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) automated data processing files active in accordance with applicable tasking documents describing the type and level of update or maintenance to be performed. General guidance is contained in JOPES, Volumes I and II. See also archive; retain.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

maintain

Past participle: maintained
Gerund: maintaining

Imperative
maintain
maintain

Present
I maintain
you maintain
he/she/it maintains
we maintain
you maintain
they maintain

Preterite
I maintained
you maintained
he/she/it maintained
we maintained
you maintained
they maintained

Present Continuous
I am maintaining
you are maintaining
he/she/it is maintaining
we are maintaining
you are maintaining
they are maintaining

Present Perfect
I have maintained
you have maintained
he/she/it has maintained
we have maintained
you have maintained
they have maintained

Past Continuous
I was maintaining
you were maintaining
he/she/it was maintaining
we were maintaining
you were maintaining
they were maintaining

Past Perfect
I had maintained
you had maintained
he/she/it had maintained
we had maintained
you had maintained
they had maintained

Future
I will maintain
you will maintain
he/she/it will maintain
we will maintain
you will maintain
they will maintain

Future Perfect
I will have maintained
you will have maintained
he/she/it will have maintained
we will have maintained
you will have maintained
they will have maintained

Future Continuous
I will be maintaining
you will be maintaining
he/she/it will be maintaining
we will be maintaining
you will be maintaining
they will be maintaining

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been maintaining
you have been maintaining
he/she/it has been maintaining
we have been maintaining
you have been maintaining
they have been maintaining

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been maintaining
you will have been maintaining
he/she/it will have been maintaining
we will have been maintaining
you will have been maintaining
they will have been maintaining

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been maintaining
you had been maintaining
he/she/it had been maintaining
we had been maintaining
you had been maintaining
they had been maintaining

Conditional
I would maintain
you would maintain
he/she/it would maintain
we would maintain
you would maintain
they would maintain

Past Conditional
I would have maintained
you would have maintained
he/she/it would have maintained
we would have maintained
you would have maintained
they would have maintained

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb	1.	maintain — keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., «keep clean»; «hold in place»; «She always held herself as a lady»; «The students keep me on my toes» hold, keep pressurise, pressurize — maintain a certain pressure; «the airplane cabin is pressurized»; «pressurize a space suit» preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on — keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; «preserve the peace in the family»; «continue the family tradition»; «Carry on the old traditions» hold over — keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time conserve — keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; «Energy is conserved in this process» preserve — keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; «preserve the forest and the lakes» distance — keep at a distance; «we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living» housekeep — maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household
	2.	maintain — keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction; «We preserve these archeological findings»; «The old lady could not keep up the building»; «children must be taught to conserve our national heritage»; «The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts» conserve, preserve, keep up keep — look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; «He keeps the shop when I am gone» embalm — preserve a dead body plastinate — preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes; «The doctor plastinates bodies to teach anatomy to his students» hold the line — hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant
	3.	maintain — supply with necessities and support; «She alone sustained her family»; «The money will sustain our good cause»; «There’s little to earn and many to keep» sustain, keep patronage — support by being a patron of reseed — maintain by seeding without human intervention; «Some plants reseed themselves indefinitely» have, have got, hold — have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; «She has $1,000 in the bank»; «He has got two beautiful daughters»; «She holds a Master’s degree from Harvard» carry — keep up with financial support; «The Federal Government carried the province for many years»
	4.	maintain — state categorically assert, asseverate insist, take a firm stand — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; «I must insist!» allege, aver, say — report or maintain; «He alleged that he was the victim of a crime»; «He said it was too late to intervene in the war»; «The registrar says that I owe the school money» predicate, proclaim — affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; «The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President»
	5.	maintain — have and exercise; «wield power and authority» wield, exert have, have got, hold — have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; «She has $1,000 in the bank»; «He has got two beautiful daughters»; «She holds a Master’s degree from Harvard»
	6.	maintain — maintain for use and service; «I keep a car in the countryside»; «She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips» keep have, have got, hold — have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; «She has $1,000 in the bank»; «He has got two beautiful daughters»; «She holds a Master’s degree from Harvard»
	7.	maintain — maintain by writing regular records; «keep a diary»; «maintain a record»; «keep notes» keep record, enter, put down — make a record of; set down in permanent form
	8.	maintain — state or assert; «He maintained his innocence» defend vindicate — maintain, uphold, or defend; «vindicate the rights of the citizens» affirm — say yes to
	9.	maintain — support against an opponent; «The appellate court upheld the verdict» uphold vindicate, justify — show to be right by providing justification or proof; «vindicate a claim» reassert, confirm — strengthen or make more firm; «The witnesses confirmed the victim’s account»
	10.	maintain — stick to correctly or closely; «The pianist kept time with the metronome»; «keep count»; «I cannot keep track of all my employees» keep, observe

maintain

verb

1. continue, retain, preserve, sustain, carry on, keep, keep up, prolong, uphold, nurture, conserve, perpetuate You should always maintain your friendships.
continue end, finish, drop, give up, conclude, suspend, abolish, terminate, break off, relinquish, discontinue

2. assert, state, hold, claim, insist, declare, allege, contend, affirm, profess, avow, aver, asseverate Prosecutors maintain that no deal was made.
assert disavow

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

maintain

verb

1. To persevere in some condition, action, or belief:

2. To keep in a condition of good repair, efficiency, or use:

3. To supply with the necessities of life:

4. To support against arguments, attack, or criticism:

5. To put into words positively and with conviction:

affirm, allege, argue, assert, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, hold, say, state.

Translations

يُحافِظ على، يَستَمِر فييُحافِظ عَلى، يَصونيَزْعَم، يَدَّعييَصُونُيُعيل

udržovatvydržovatživitpokračovattvrdit

bevarevedligeholdeforsørgeholde påopretholde

ylläpitää

održavati

karbantart

haldahalda framhalda uppi, sjá fyrirhalda viî, viîhalda

維持する

유지하다

palaikymas

apgalvotapkoptekspluatētpaturētsaglabāt

ohranitivzdrževati

underhållaupphålla

ดูแลรักษา

duy trì

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

maintain

[meɪnˈteɪn] vt

(= keep in good repair) [+ house, equipment, road] → entretenir

maintain

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

maintain

[meɪnˈteɪn] vt

b. (support, family, army) → mantenere

d. (claim) to maintain that … → sostenere che…

maintain

(meinˈtein) verb

1. to continue. How long can you maintain this silence?

2. to keep in good condition. He maintains his car very well.

3. to pay the expenses of. How can you maintain a wife and three children on your small salary?

4. to continue to argue or believe (that). I maintain that the theory is true.

ˈmaintenance (-tənəns) noun

1. the process of keeping something in good condition. car maintenance.

2. the act of maintaining (a point of view etc).

maintain

→ يَصُونُ udržovat bevare erhalten συντηρώ mantener ylläpitää maintenir održavati mantenere 維持する 유지하다 onderhouden opprettholde utrzymać manter поддерживать underhålla ดูแลรักษา sürdürmek duy trì 维持

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Proponents of the term maintain that it must be realistically acknowledged that those who have power and benefits from racial privilege in a racist society is primarily white, and that the term “person of color” is a better generic term for those who are racially underprivileged than “black person” as it includes ethnicities other than those strictly of African descent. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Proponents of the term maintain that it must be realistically acknowledged that those who have power and benefits from racial privilege in a racist society is primarily white ❋ Unknown (2007)

It’s a different question if what you are actually trying to maintain is never ending ending growth and stock price increases. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I hope NASA can maintain is current structure for the time being. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What I did say and do maintain is that formerly all objects displaying specified complexity (and particularly that subset of symbolic information) were recognized in an uncontested way as obviously the artifacts of intelligent agency. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And, come to that, what relevance has such a poll to Intelligent Design, which some commenters here still maintain is a scientific endeavour? ❋ Unknown (2008)

These are obviously generalizations – which I still maintain is a way of conveying basic genre information, although the cross-pollination of genres is making things a bit more complex. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Let’s imagine Dragon flies a lot (tourists, staff, cargo, dragonlab) and Dragon’s LV flies a lot more (sats) and Boeing or someone owns the fuel depot (they’ve proposed building one) and all you have to maintain is your lunar lander manufacturing and maybe your space tug if someone else isn’t selling something like that already. ❋ Unknown (2008)

However, it was a huge disappointment when stacked up against Through the Looking Glass, which I maintain is probably the greatest hour of television of all-time. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Sight had always been privileged among the senses for the cognitive distance it was thought to maintain from the object, and the space it therefore allowed for the mediating work of representation. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This, I maintain, is not a positive development; but it is also not a necessary one. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Mayor Richard Daly says every dollar the city saves from these measures «helps to save jobs and in the long term maintain services for Chicagoans.» ❋ Unknown (2009)

But each of these methods requires a political group to win the sympathies of the broad masses, if it wishes over the long run to maintain is power. ❋ Unknown (2006)

What I said, and will maintain, is that such treatment was humiliating and degrading; the Nazis made sure their prisoners knew who was in control, which is exactly the idea behind a treatment like that. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Yet, with its rolling hills and ocean breeze, Watsonville, I maintain, is one of the prettiest spots in California. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Meanwhile, «The real reason mobile downloads are being priced so high, execs in the business maintain, is that the four global music conglomerates are insisting on the same cut they get from Internet purchases – about 60 percent in the UK, 70 percent in the US,» states Wired. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Dude I need to maintain or [I won’t] [make it] to the next [bar]. ❋ Dannyfoskey (2003)

«[how you doing]?»
«[maintaining], [I guess]» ❋ Porkupine (2010)

Fancy another beer mate?
[Err] [yeah but] [give me a minute]. I need to maintain while I’m still capable ❋ Deathbygirth (2004)

«maintaining rock-on [status]» ❋ Filter (2005)

That maintainers gonna be [pissed] when we [bring] [this plane] back in. ❋ J.Z. 1 (2009)

«All of my [bills] are [overdue], but I’m maintaining.» ❋ Tak (2001)

Jane had a date with Timmy on [Friday night]; on [Thursday], she took a long, [hot shower] and maintained what had become her forested guntal area. ❋ Ronald V. Mexico (2008)

Maintaining:we are going to [maintain] tonight, [no shots].
Holy [F**k] I maintained last night, I really should be dead after all i drank. ❋ Toronto1984 (2010)

Goon1: [Im] so angryyyyy
Goon2: [Just maintain] ❋ P234 (2017)

«Hey, I heard from that gym guy today.»
«The one you had that one drink with six weeks ago??»
«Yeah, he [texted] me!»
«Did he ask you out?»
«No, but he asked me if I was watching the game tonight.»
«Did he invite you to watch it with him?»
» . . . . No?»
«Girl, block his number. He’s [never gonna] [follow through]. He’s just a maintainer.» ❋ Nikonjunkie (2013)

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Other forms: maintained; maintaining; maintains

Maintain means to keep the same––keep steady, keep up, or keep going. Sure, you can ride your bike super fast on a flat surface, but it can be hard to maintain that speed, or keep the same speed, going up a hill.

When you maintain a strict study schedule, you stick to it. When you maintain your car in good working order, you take good care of it. If you maintain records of your business activity, it means you make notes of your sales and expenses. If a teacher maintains order in the classroom, she never lets disruptions get out of hand. If you maintain your family, you keep them in food, shelter and clothing. If you maintain that eating animals is cruel, you keep that position.

Definitions of maintain

verb

keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., «keep clean»

synonyms:

hold, keep

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pressurise, pressurize

maintain a certain pressure

bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold

keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

hold over

keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time

conserve

keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change

preserve

keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing

distance

keep at a distance

housekeep

maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household

re-start, restart, resume

take up or begin anew

hang in, hang on, hold on, persevere, persist

be persistent, refuse to stop

perpetuate

cause to continue or prevail

keep up, prolong, sustain

lengthen or extend in duration or space

mummify

preserve while making lifeless
verb

keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
verb

supply with necessities and support
verb

stick to correctly or closely
“He
maintained his innocence”

synonyms:

defend
synonyms:

assert, asseverate

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allege, aver, say

report or maintain

predicate, proclaim

affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of

plead

make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts

type of:

insist, take a firm stand

be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
verb

maintain for use and service
verb

maintain by writing regular records

“maintain a record”

synonyms:

keep
verb

support against an opponent

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maintain: meɪnˈteɪn гл.
1) поддерживать, удерживать, сохранять (в состоянии, которое имеется на данный момент, особ., в хорошем состоянии ) ;
обслуживать;
содержать в исправности to maintain one’s composure ≈ сохранять спокойствие, оставаться хладнокровным to maintain one’s health ≈ поддерживать свое здоровье to maintain roads ≈ следить за дорогами, поддерживать дороги в порядке Syn : carry on, keep up, preserve
2. , retain
2) а) удерживать, защищать (место, положение, собственность и т. п.) He maintained himself against his many enemies. ≈ Он защищался против своих многочисленных врагов. to maintain a position ≈ удерживать позицию б) поддерживать, защищать, отстаивать (закон, теорию, мнение и т. п.) the doctrine maintained by many scientists ≈ теория, поддерживаемая многими учеными Syn : back up, uphold
3) а) содержать Sufficient to maintain me in comfort and independence as a gentleman. (James) ≈ Достаточно для того, чтобы я мог жить в достатке и независимости, как настоящий джентльмен. maintain a family ≈ содержать семью Syn : support
2. , provide б) поддерживать, подкреплять, не дать прекратиться enough food to maintain life ≈ достаточное количество еды для поддержания жизни Syn : sustain
4) утверждать to maintain that no child is really bad ≈ утверждать, что нет плохого ребенка Syn : assert
2.
поддерживать, сохранять — to * contact поддерживать связь /контакт/;
поддерживать соприкосновение (с противником) — to * friendly relations поддерживать /сохранять/ дружественные отношения — to * peace сохранять /отстаивать/ мир — to * silence хранить молчание — to * a smiling countenance продолжать улыбаться — to * an open mind быть непредубежденным, сохранять объективность;
придерживаться широких взглядов — to * correspondence поддерживать /вести/ переписку — to * heat поддерживать тепло;
поддерживать (определенную) температуру — to * prices (коммерческое) сохранять /поддерживать/ цены на определенном уровне — to * resistance (военное) оказывать (упорное) сопротивление — he *ed his opposition он продолжал выступать против — you * a dangerous position ты стоишь на опасной позиции, ты придерживаешься опасной точки зрения — law and order must be *ed нужно соблюдать закон и порядок — food is necessary to * life для поддержания жизни необходима пища — the pilot *ed a constant speed пилот поддерживал определенную скорость содержать — to * an army содержать армию — to * one’s family содержать семью поддерживать (партию, движение и т. п.) — to * the common cause оказать поддержку общему делу защищать, отстаивать (точку зрения, мнение и т. п.) — to * one’s rights защищать /отстаивать/ свои права (юридическое) поддерживать одну из тяжущихся сторон (незаконно и в корыстных целях) сохранять, удерживать — to * hold of сохранять в своих руках;
держать под контролем — to * one’s ground удерживаться на месте;
стоять на своем;
не уступать — to * a position (военное) удерживать позицию — if the improvement is *ed если состояние (больного) не ухудшится обслуживать;
содержать в хорошем состоянии (дороги, машины и т. п.) — he *s his car himself он сам ремонтирует свою машину (книжное) утверждать, настаивать, уверять — to * that… утверждать /уверять/, что…;
придерживаться того мнения, что..7 — he *ed his innocence он настаивал на своей невиновности
~ утверждать;
he maintained that he was right он утверждал, что он прав
maintain возбуждать судебное дело ~ защищать ~ тех. обслуживать;
содержать в исправности ~ обслуживать ~ оказывать поддержку, защищать, отстаивать ~ отстаивать ~ поддерживать;
удерживать;
сохранять;
to maintain one’s composure сохранять спокойствие, оставаться хладнокровным ~ поддерживать ~ поддерживать в работоспособном состоянии ~ предъявлять, возбуждать, вчинять (иск) ;
искать (в суде) ~ предъявлять иск ~ содержать;
to maintain a family содержать семью ~ содержать в исправности ~ сохранять ~ сохранять в хорошем состоянии ~ удерживать ~ утверждать, заявлять ~ утверждать;
he maintained that he was right он утверждал, что он прав ~ утверждать
~ содержать;
to maintain a family содержать семью
~ поддерживать;
удерживать;
сохранять;
to maintain one’s composure сохранять спокойствие, оставаться хладнокровным
to ~ one’s health поддерживать свое здоровье

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Maintain — Main*tain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Maintained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Maintaining}.] [OE. maintenen, F. maintenir, properly, to hold by the hand; main hand (L. manus) + F. tenir to hold (L. tenere). See {Manual}, and Tenable.] 1. To hold or keep in any… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
maintain — main‧tain [meɪnˈteɪn, mən ] verb [transitive] 1. to make something continue in the same way or at the same high standard as before: • It is impossible to maintain exports at past levels. • To maintain sales growth, the company plans to unveil a… … Financial and business terms
maintain — maintain, assert, defend, vindicate, justify are comparable when they mean to uphold as true, right, just, valid, or worthy of notice or acceptance in the face of opposition or indifference. Maintain implies a firmness of conviction. When this… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
maintain — I (carry on) verb adfirmare, confirmare, contendere, continue, follow up, go on, keep alive, keep going, keep on, keep up, perpetuate, persevere, persist, proceed with, prolong, pursue, shore up, stick to II (commence) verb activate, b … Law dictionary
maintain — [mān tān′] vt. [ME mainteinen < OFr maintenir < ML manutenere < L manu tenere, to hold in the hand < manu, abl. of manus, hand + tenere, to hold: see MANUAL & TENANT] 1. to keep or keep up; continue in or with; carry on 2. a) to keep… … English World dictionary
Maintain — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Metalcore Gründung 1998 Website http://www.maintain hc.de … Deutsch Wikipedia
maintain — [v1] care for, keep up advance, carry on, conserve, continue, control, cultivate, finance, go on with, guard, keep, keep going, look after, manage, nurture, perpetuate, persevere, preserve, prolong, protect, provide, renew, repair, retain, save,… … New thesaurus
maintain — (v.) mid 13c., to practice habitually, from Anglo Fr. meintenir (O.Fr. maintenir, 12c.) keep (a wife), sustain; persevere in, practice continually, from L. manu tenere hold in the hand, from manu, ablative of manus hand (see MANUAL (Cf. manual))… … Etymology dictionary
maintain — ► VERB 1) cause or enable (a condition or state of affairs) to continue. 2) keep (a building, machine, etc.) in good condition by checking or repairing it regularly. 3) provide with necessities for life or existence. 4) assert to be the case.… … English terms dictionary
maintain — 01. Tian Hsu works hard to [maintain] close friendships with the students she studied with in London. 02. The roads haven t been properly [maintained], and now are full of cracks and potholes. 03. The President always [maintained] that he didn t… … Grammatical examples in English
maintain — [[t]meɪnte͟ɪn[/t]] ♦♦ maintains, maintaining, maintained 1) VERB If you maintain something, you continue to have it, and do not let it stop or grow weaker. [V n] The Department maintains many close contacts with the chemical industry… [V n]… … English dictionary

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