Dictionary Entry
maintain
maintain is a 8-letter English word with 15 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 15 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
- 3transitive verb
To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
- 4transitive verb
To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.
- 5transitive verb
To affirm; to support or defend by argument.
- 6verb
stick to correctly or closely
"The pianist kept time with the metronome"
"keep count"
- 7verb
support against an opponent
"The appellate court upheld the verdict"
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- 8verb
state categorically
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- 9verb
state or assert
"He maintained his innocence"
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- 10verb
maintain by writing regular records
"keep a diary"
"maintain a record"
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- 11verb
supply with necessities and support
"She alone sustained her family"
"The money will sustain our good cause"
- 12verb
maintain for use and service
"I keep a car in the countryside"
"She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"
Synonyms
- 13verb
have and exercise
"wield power and authority"
- 14verb
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"
- 15verb
keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"
"hold in place"
"She always held herself as a lady"
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