VERB | stative | maintain, keep, hold | keep in a certain state, position, or activity |
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possession | maintain, conserve, preserve, keep up | keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction | |
consumption | maintain, sustain, keep | supply with necessities and support | |
communication | maintain, assert, asseverate | state categorically | |
possession | maintain, wield, exert | have and exercise | |
possession | maintain, keep | maintain for use and service | |
communication | maintain, keep | maintain by writing regular records / records | |
communication | maintain, defend | state or assert | |
communication | maintain, uphold | support against an opponent | |
cognition | maintain, observe, keep | stick to correctly or closely |
Sounds | meyntey'n | |
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Rhymes | abstain ... windowpane: 127 rhymes with eyn... |
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 | conserve | Keep constant through physical or chemical reactions or evolutionary change |
continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve | Keep or maintain in unaltered condition | |
distance | Keep at a distance / distance | |
hold over | Keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time | |
housekeep | Maintain a household | |
preserve | Keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing / fishing | |
pressurize, pressurise | Maintain a certain pressure | |
Spanish | conservar, mantener, sostener | |
Catalan | conservar, mantenir | |
Adjectives | maintainable | capable of being maintained |
Nouns | maintainer | someone who upholds or maintains |
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 | preserve a dead body |
hold the line | hold the line on prices | |
plastinate | preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes | |
Broader | keep | look after |
Spanish | conservar, llevar, mantener, preservar | |
Catalan | conservar, preservar | |
Nouns | maintenance | activity involved in maintaining something in good working order |
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 | carry | Keep up with financial support |
patronage | support by being a patron of | |
reseed | Maintain by seeding without human intervention | |
Broader | have, have got, hold | Have or possess / possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense |
Spanish | conservar, guardar, mantener, quedar, sostener | |
Catalan | conservar, guardar, mantenir, quedar, sostenir | |
Nouns | maintenance | the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence |
maintenance | means of maintenance of a family or group |
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 | Report or maintain |
predicate, proclaim | affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of | |
Broader | insist, take a firm stand | Be emphatic or resolute and refuse / refuse to budge |
Spanish | afirmar, aseverar, conservar, mantener, sostener | |
Catalan | afirmar, asseverar, conservar |
Meaning | Have and exercise. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | wield, exert | |
Broader | have, have got, hold | Have or possess / possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense |
Spanish | desempeñar, ejercer | |
Catalan | exercir |
Meaning | Maintain for use and service. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | keep | |
Broader | have, have got, hold | Have or possess / possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense |
Spanish | conservar, guardar, quedar | |
Catalan | conservar, guardar, mantenir, quedar |
Meaning | Maintain by writing regular records / records. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "maintain a record" | |
Synonym | keep | |
Broader | record, enter, put down | make a record of |
Spanish | escribir |
Meaning | state or assert. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Example | "He maintained his innocence" | |
Synonym | defend | |
Narrower | vindicate | Maintain, uphold, or defend |
Broader | affirm | say yes to |
Spanish | conservar, defender, mantener | |
Catalan | conservar |
Meaning | support against an opponent. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | uphold | |
Narrower | justify, vindicate | show to be right by providing justification or proof |
Broader | confirm, reassert | strengthen or make more firm |
Spanish | mantener |
Meaning | Stick to correctly or closely. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | observe, keep | |
Spanish | observar | |
Catalan | observar |
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