Definitions for maintain

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maintain main·tain

Spelling: [meyn-teyn]

IPA: /meɪnˈteɪn/

Maintain is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in maintain (aaiimnnt).

Definitions for maintain

verb (used with object)

1. to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain:
2. to keep in an appropriate condition, operation, or force; keep unimpaired:
3. to keep in a specified state, position, etc.:
4. to affirm; assert; declare:
5. to support in speech or argument, as a statement or proposition.
6. to keep or hold against attack:
7. to provide for the upkeep or support of; carry the expenses of:
8. to sustain or support:

Origin of maintain

1200-50; Middle English mainteinen Old French maintenir ≪ Medieval Latin manūtenēre, Latin manū tenēre literally, to hold in hand, equivalent to manū, ablative of manus hand (see Examples for maintain

Prosperity and power—yes, they are important, and we must maintain them.

In this situation we concluded to maintain our garrison, if possible.

There was really only one good reason to maintain the embargo: Trade with Cuba strengthens the Castros.

I could not maintain the same calm in throwing off my hat and coat, and was vexed with myself for it.

Models in Israel will have to maintain a BMI of 18.5 or higher if they want to stay employed.

The newly free country struggled to maintain order in the wake of independence, but it was woefully unprepared.

Yet as a last resort to maintain the right, war is justifiable.

While not all 86 million maintain positions of governance or public service, the Party's machinery runs on watchmaker precision.

But if the goal is to maintain any hope—grim as it is— for serious negotiations leading to a two state solution.

An integer or two would be more useful to maintain the integrity of the House.