maintain (redirected from maintaining)

main·tain  (mn-tn)

tr.v. main·tained, main·tain·ing, main·tains

1. To keep up or carry on; continue: maintain good relations.

2. To keep in an existing state; preserve or retain: maintain one's composure.

3. To keep in a condition of good repair or efficiency: maintain two cars.

4.

a. To provide for; support: maintain a family.

b. To keep in existence; sustain: enough food to maintain life.

5. To defend or hold against criticism or attack: maintained his stand on taxes.

6. To declare to be true; affirm: maintained her innocence.

7. To adhere or conform to; keep: maintain a busy schedule.

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[Middle English maintainen, from Old French maintenir, from Medieval Latin manutenre, from Latin man tenre, to hold in the hand : man, ablative of manus, hand; see man-² in Indo-European roots + tenre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

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main·taina·bili·ty n.

main·taina·ble adj.

main·tainer n.

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maintain

Verb

1. to continue or keep in existence: we must maintain good relations with them

2. to keep in proper or good condition: an expensive car to maintain

3. to sustain or keep up a particular level or speed: he set off at a high speed, but couldn't maintain it all the way

4. to enable a person to have the money, food and other things he or she needs to live: the money maintained us for a month

5. to assert: he had always maintained that he never wanted children

6. to defend against contradiction: he maintained his innocence [from Latin manu tenere to hold in the hand]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	maintain - 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" hold, keep pressurise, pressurize - maintain a certain pressure; "the airplane cabin is pressurized"; "pressurize a space suit" preserve, uphold, carry on, continue, bear on - keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions" hold over - keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time conserve - keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change; "Energy is conserved in this process" preserve - keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing; "preserve the forest and the lakes" distance - keep at a distance; "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living" housekeep - maintain a household; take care of all business related to a household
	2.	maintain - 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"; "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"; "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts" conserve, preserve, keep up keep - look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone" embalm - preserve a dead body plastinate - preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes; "The doctor plastinates bodies to teach anatomy to his students" hold the line - hold the line on prices; keep the price of something constant
	3.	maintain - supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep" sustain, keep patronage - support by being a patron of reseed - maintain by seeding without human intervention; "Some plants reseed themselves indefinitely" have, have got, hold - have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard" carry - keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government carried the province for many years"
	4.	maintain - state categorically assert, asseverate insist, take a firm stand - be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!" allege, aver, say - report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money" predicate, proclaim - affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
	5.	maintain - have and exercise; "wield power and authority" wield, exert have, have got, hold - have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"
	6.	maintain - maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips" keep have, have got, hold - have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"
	7.	maintain - maintain by writing regular records; "keep a diary"; "maintain a record"; "keep notes" keep record, enter, put down - make a record of; set down in permanent form
	8.	maintain - state or assert; "He maintained his innocence" defend vindicate - maintain, uphold, or defend; "vindicate the rights of the citizens" affirm - say yes to
	9.	maintain - support against an opponent; "The appellate court upheld the verdict" uphold vindicate, justify - show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim" reassert, confirm - strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
	10.	maintain - stick to correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees" keep, observe

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maintain

verb 1. continue, retain, preserve, sustain, carry on, keep, keep up, prolong, uphold, nurture, conserve, perpetuate << OPPOSITE end

verb 2. assert, state, hold, claim, insist, declare, allege, contend, affirm, profess, avow, aver, asseverate << OPPOSITE disavow

verb 3. look after, care for, take care of, finance, conserve, keep in good condition

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When used in the context of deliberate planning, the directed command will keep the referenced operation plan, operation plan in concept format, or concept summary, and any associated Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) automated data processing files active in accordance with applicable tasking documents describing the type and level of update or maintenance to be performed. General guidance is contained in JOPES, Volumes I and II. See also archive; retain.

Translations

maintain [meɪnˈteɪn] vt → mantener (= affirm); sostener;

to maintain that ... → mantener or sostener que ...

maintain [meɪnˈteɪn] vt → entretenir (= continue); maintenir, préserver (= affirm); soutenir;

to maintain that ... → soutenir que ...

maintain [meɪnˈteɪn] vt (preserve) → aufrechterhalten;

(keep up) → beibehalten;

(provide for) → unterhalten;

(look after) (building) → instand halten: (equipment) → warten;

(affirm) (opinion) → vertreten: (innocence) → beteuern;

to maintain that ... → behaupten, dass ...

maintain [meɪnˈteɪn] vt → mantenere (= affirm); sostenere;

to maintain that ... → sostenere che ...

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maintain

v maintain [meinˈtein]

1 to continue How long can you maintain this silence?voortsitيُحافِظ على، يَستَمِر فيпродължавамpokračovat (v)opretholde; bevarebeibehaltenσυνεχίζω, τηρώmantenersäilitamaادامه دادنylläpitäämaintenirלִשמוֹר עַל-बनाए रखनाodržavatifenntartmeneruskanhalda (áfram/gangandi)mantenere維持する계속하다palaikytipaturēt; saglabātmeneruskanhandhavenfortsette med, holde gåendezachowywaćmantera (men)ţineпродолжатьpokračovať (v)obdržatiodržavatibibehålla, upprätthållaมีอยู่sürdürmek保持підтримуватиجاری رکھناtiếp tục保持

2 to keep in good condition He maintains his car very well.in stand houيُحافِظ عَلى، يَصونподържамudržovatvedligeholdeinstand haltenσυντηρώ, διατηρώmantener, conservarkorras hoidmaنگهداری کردنpitää kunnossaentretenirלְתַחזֵקदेखरेख करनाčuvatikarbantartmerawathalda við, viðhaldamantenere, conservare整備しておく보존하다, 유지하다išlaikyti, prižiūrėti, eksploatuotiekspluatēt; apkoptmenjagaonderhoudenholde i (god) stand, vedlikeholdeutrzymywać, konserwowaćmantera întreţine, a păstraсодержать в исправностиudržiavaťvzdrževatiodržavatiunderhålla, hålla i gott skickรักษาbakmak維護обслуговувати; тримати в хорошому станіقائم رکھناbảo dưỡng维护

3 to pay the expenses of How can you maintain a wife and three children on your small salary?onderhouيُعيلиздържамživit, vydržovatforsørgeunterhaltenσυντηρώ οικονομικάmantener, sustentarülal pidamaپشتیبانی کردنelättääsubvenir aux besoins deלְפַרנֵסनिश्चयपूर्वक कहनाizdržavatieltartmenanggunghalda uppi, sjá fyrirmantenere養う부양하다išlaikytiuzturētmenanggungonderhoudenforsørgeutrzymaćsustentara între­ţineсодержатьživiťvzdrževatiizdržavatiförsörjaใช้จ่ายgeçindirmek, bakmak供養утримуватиکفالت کرناnuôi dưỡng供养

4 to continue to argue or believe (that) I maintain that the theory is true.volhouيَزْعَم، يَدَّعيотстоявамtvrditholde påbehauptenεπιμένω να πιστεύω, υποστηρίζωmantener, sostenerkinnitama, väitmaمدعی بودنpitää kiinni kannastaansoutenirלִטעוֹןभरण-पोषण करनाdržim dafenntartmempertahankanhalda framsostenere主張する주장하다, 강력하게 밝히다tvirtinti, teigtiapgalvotmempertahankanvolhoudenhevdeutrzymywać, twierdzićafirmara susţineнастаиватьtrvať (na)vztrajati (pri)držati sevidhålla, hävdaให้เหตุผลsavunmak, iddia etmek堅持відстоюватиکسی رائے کو قائم رکھناxác nhận坚持

n ˈmaintenance [-tənəns]

1 the process of keeping something in good condition car maintenance.onderhoudصِيانَهподдръжкаúdržbavedligeholdelsedie Instandhaltungσυντήρηση, έξοδα συντήρησηςmantenimiento, conservaciónhooldusحفاظتkunnossapitoentretienאַחזָקָהअनुरक्षणčuvanje, održavanjekarbantartásperawatanviðhaldmanutenzione整備유지išlaikymas, priežiūra, eksploatacijaekspluatācija; apkopepenjagaanonderhoudvedlikeholdkonserwacjamanutençãoîntreţinereтехническое обслуживаниеudržiavanievzdrževanjeodržavanjeunderhåll, skötselการรักษาสภาพbakım ve onarım保養догляд; ремонтقاءم رکھنے کا عملsự bảo dưỡng保养

2 the act of maintaining (a point of view etc). volhoudingإدِّعاء، زَعْمнепреклонностzachováníbevarelsedas Beibehalten(δια)τήρησηmantenimientoväideنگهداریkannattaminenmaintienתַחזוּקָהपोषणodržavanjefenntartáspertahananviðhald; staðhæfingmantenimento主張주장palaikymas, tvirtinimasapgalvojumspertahananhandhavingopprettholdelseutrzymywaniemanutençãomenţinereутверждениеtvrdeniezagovarjanjedržanje dovidhållande, hävdandeคงสภาพsavunma, iddia etme堅持підтриманняاستقرارviệc giữ gìn坚持