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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 |