Maintain

What do we mean by maintain?

To keep up or carry on; continue. transitive verb

To keep in an existing state; preserve or retain. transitive verb

To keep in a condition of good repair or efficiency. transitive verb

To provide for; support. transitive verb

To keep in existence; sustain. transitive verb

To defend or hold against criticism or attack. transitive verb

To declare to be true; affirm. transitive verb

To adhere or conform to; keep. transitive verb

To hold in an existing state or condition; keep in existence or continuance; preserve from lapse, decline, failure, or cessation; keep up: as, to maintain an upright attitude; to maintain a conversation.

To furnish means for the subsistence or existence of; sustain or assist with the means of livelihood; provide for; support: as, to maintain a family or an army; to maintain a costly equipage.

To hold fast; keep in possession; preserve from capture or loss: as, to maintain one's ground in battle or in argument; to maintain an advantage.

To give support or encouragement to; uphold; countenance; vindicate, as by defense or adjudication.

To uphold by argument or assertion; hold to: as, to maintain the doctrine of the Trinity.

To represent; denote.

Synonyms and Defend, Vindicate, etc. See assert.

To behave; conduct one's self.

2. To hold as true; hold.

To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline transitive verb

To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish. transitive verb

To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.

To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).

To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.

Words that are spelled similarly to maintain:
maintain, mountain, mai tai, quintain, mainsail, maintains, maritain, gainpain, plaintain, mainpin, maitai, martain, lointain, maintien.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word maintain:
quo, integrity, balance, stability, healthy, constant, contact, ties, relationships, relations, temperature, stable, consistent, standards.

Words that rhyme with maintain:
vein, train, plane, fein, strain, chain, vain, domain, disdain, crain, sustain, germane, mundane, arcane, refrain, ascertain, pain, plain, campaign, rain, retain, again, bane, inane, grain, rein, attain, obtain, brain, gain, reign, explain, feign, wane, pertain, lane, membrane, main, stain, complain, profane, drain, trane, crane, skein, contain, abstain, cane, insane, remain, constrain, fain, deign, hurricane, terrain, urbane, restrain, vane, mane, legerdemain, entertain, ordain, bain, humane, dane, pane, detain, sane, cain, champagne, thane, swain, arraign, lain, airplane, jane, migraine, partain, wain, sprain, twain, spain, germain, maine, quain, fane, slain, shane, moraine, ane, germaine, saine, zane, cocaine, romaine, kane, wayne, inhumane, aine, propane.

Adjectives that are often used to describe maintain:
required.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective maintain:
contact, control, course, airway, pressure, silence, position, records, patient, balance, menu, temperature, speed, justice, injectors, patency, level, confidentiality, flow, flexibility, your, state, discipline, rest, equipment, surveillance, religion, integrity, files, option, posture, unity, awareness, fire, fluid, consistency, continuity, precautions, temperatures, peace, moisture, liaison, health, neutrality, rate, alignment, harmony, levels, virtue.

Consonant match to maintain:
mountain, montane, muntin, montaigne, minturn, minton, menton, monton, manton, muntean, man turn, meant an, meant in, mente in, mint in, mont in, mount in, mt in.

Words that sound like maintain:
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