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ALL meanings of maintaining

main·tain
M m
  • verb with object maintaining to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries. 1
  • verb with object maintaining to keep in an appropriate condition, operation, or force; keep unimpaired: to maintain order; to maintain public highways. 1
  • verb with object maintaining to keep in a specified state, position, etc.: to maintain a correct posture; to maintain good health. 1
  • verb with object maintaining to affirm; assert; declare: He maintained that the country was going downhill. 1
  • verb with object maintaining to support in speech or argument, as a statement or proposition. 1
  • verb with object maintaining to keep or hold against attack: to maintain one's ground. 1
  • verb with object maintaining to provide for the upkeep or support of; carry the expenses of: to maintain a family. 1
  • verb with object maintaining to sustain or support: not enough water to maintain life. 1
  • noun maintaining Cause or enable (a condition or state of affairs) to continue. 1
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