- verbmaintain (verb) · maintains (third person present) · maintained (past tense) · maintained (past participle) · maintaining (present participle)
- cause or enable (a condition or state of affairs) to continue:"the need to maintain close links between industry and schools"
- keep (something) at the same level or rate:"agricultural prices will have to be maintained"
- keep (a building, machine, or road) in good condition or in working order by checking or repairing it regularly:"the Department for Transport is responsible for maintaining the main roads in England"
- provide with necessities for life or existence:"the allowance covers the basic costs of maintaining a child"
- keep (a military unit) supplied with equipment and other requirements:"an English garrison was maintained there in the seventeenth century"
- archaicgive one's support to; uphold:"the king swears he will maintain the laws of God"
- state something strongly to be the case; assert:"he has always maintained his innocence" · "he had persistently maintained that he would not stand against his old friend" · "“It was not an ideology at all,” she maintained"
OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘practice an action habitually’): from Old French maintenir, from Latin manu tenere ‘hold in the hand’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- cause or enable (a condition or state of affairs) to continue:
- provide with necessities for life or existence:
- state something strongly to be the case; assert:
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