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maintain
English
- 🔊 state or assert“He maintained his innocence”
- 🔊 support against an opponent“The appellate court upheld the verdict”
- 🔊 maintain by writing regular records“keep a diary”
- 🔊 maintain for use and service“I keep a car in the countryside”
- 🔊 cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity“hold in place”
- 🔊 stick to correctly or closely“The pianist kept time with the metronome”
- 🔊 state categorically
- 🔊 supply with necessities and support“She alone sustained her family”
- 🔊 have and exercise“wield power and authority”
- 🔊 keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction“We preserve these archeological findings”
Spanish
- 🔊 mantener to maintain, to support
- 🔊 mantener to maintain, continue, to keep up
- 🔊 atener to maintain, to keep (a tradition, etc.)
- 🔊 mantener to maintain, to keep, to stay, to remain