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| VERB | 1 | maintain, keep, hold | Keep in a certain state, position, or activity |
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| 2 | maintain, conserve, preserve, keep up | Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction | |
| 3 | maintain, sustain, keep | Supply with necessities and support | |
| 4 | maintain, assert, asseverate | State categorically | |
| 5 | maintain, wield, exert | Of power or authority | |
| 6 | maintain, keep | Maintain for use and service | |
| 7 | maintain, keep | Maintain by writing regular records | |
| 8 | maintain, defend | State or assert | |
| 9 | maintain, uphold | Support against an opponent | |
| 10 | maintain, observe, keep | Observe correctly or closely |
| Sounds | meyntey'n |
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| Rhymes | abstain, again, airplane, and 116 more rhymes in eyn at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Keep in a certain state, position, or activity. E.g., "keep clean". |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Synonyms | keep, hold |
| Narrower | pressurize, pressurise; continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve; hold over; conserve; preserve; distance; housekeep |
| Nouns | maintainer |
| Meaning | Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | conserve, preserve, keep up |
| Narrower | embalm; plastinate; hold the line |
| Broader | keep |
| Nouns | maintenance |
| Meaning | Supply with necessities and support. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | sustain, keep |
| Narrower | patronage; reseed; carry |
| Broader | have, have got, hold |
| Nouns | maintenance; maintenance |
| Meaning | State categorically. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Model | They maintain that there was a traffic accident |
| Synonyms | assert, asseverate |
| Narrower | allege, aver, say; predicate, proclaim |
| Broader | insist, take a firm stand |
| Meaning | Of power or authority. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | wield, exert |
| Broader | have, have got, hold |
| Meaning | Maintain for use and service. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | keep |
| Broader | have, have got, hold |
| Meaning | Maintain by writing regular records. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "maintain a record" |
| Synonyms | keep |
| Broader | record, enter, put down |
| Meaning | State or assert. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Examples | "He maintained his innocence" |
| Synonyms | defend |
| Narrower | vindicate |
| Broader | affirm |
| Meaning | Support against an opponent. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | uphold |
| Narrower | justify, vindicate |
| Broader | confirm, reassert |
| Meaning | Observe correctly or closely. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | observe, keep |