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

1. transitive 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.
2. transitive verb. To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
3. transitive verb. To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
4. transitive verb. To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.
5. transitive verb. To affirm; to support or defend by argument.
6. verb. stick to correctly or closely

   "The pianist kept time with the metronome"

   "keep count"

   Synonyms: keep, observe

7. verb. support against an opponent

   "The appellate court upheld the verdict"

   Synonyms: uphold

8. verb. state categorically

   Synonyms: assert, asseverate

9. verb. state or assert

   "He maintained his innocence"

   Synonyms: defend

10. verb. maintain by writing regular records

    "keep a diary"

    "maintain a record"

    Synonyms: keep

11. verb. supply with necessities and support

    "She alone sustained her family"

    "The money will sustain our good cause"

    Synonyms: keep, sustain

12. verb. maintain for use and service

    "I keep a car in the countryside"

    "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"

    Synonyms: keep

13. verb. have and exercise

    "wield power and authority"

    Synonyms: exert, wield

14. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: conserve, preserve

15. verb. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"

    "hold in place"

    "She always held herself as a lady"

    Synonyms: hold, keep

Synonyms

keep, observe, uphold, assert, asseverate, defend, sustain, exert, wield, conserve, preserve, hold

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in maintain:

amanitin

Common word forms

maintains, maintained, maintainer, maintaining, maintainable, maintainment

Words from these letters

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