MAINTAIN
\me͡ɪntˈe͡ɪn], \meɪntˈeɪn], \m_eɪ_n_t_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of MAINTAIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"
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maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"
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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"
By Princeton University
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maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes"
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maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"
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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"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.
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To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
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To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
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To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.
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To affirm; to support or defend by argument.
By Oddity Software
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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; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.
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To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
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To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
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To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.
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To affirm; to support or defend by argument.
By Noah Webster.
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To support or bear the expense of; sustain; to keep possession of; affirm and defend by argument; continue in or with; to keep up.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To keep in any state: to keep possession of: to carry on: to keep up: to support: to make good: to support by argument: to affirm: to defend.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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