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Verb [English]

IPA: /meɪnˈteɪn/, /mənˈteɪn/ Audio: en-us-maintain.ogg [US] Forms: maintains [present, singular, third-person], maintaining [participle, present], maintained [participle, past], maintained [past]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: From Middle English mayntenen, from Old French maintenir, from Late Latin manūteneō, manūtenēre (“I support”), from Latin manū (“with/in/by the hand”, ablative of manus) + tenēre (“to hold”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ten-}}, {{inh|en|enm|mayntenen}} Middle English mayntenen, {{der|en|fro|maintenir}} Old French maintenir, {{der|en|LL.|manuteneo|manūteneō, manūtenēre|I support}} Late Latin manūteneō, manūtenēre (“I support”), {{m|la|manus}} manus, {{der|en|la|manū||with/in/by the hand|pos=ablative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">manus</i>}} Latin manū (“with/in/by the hand”, ablative of manus), {{m|la|teneo|tenēre|to hold}} tenēre (“to hold”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} maintain (third-person singular simple present maintains, present participle maintaining, simple past and past participle maintained)
  1. To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). Translations (to keep up): διατηρέω (diatēréō) (Ancient Greek), حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa) (Arabic), поддържам (poddǎržam) (Bulgarian), mantenir (Catalan), 維持 (Chinese Mandarin), 维持 (wéichí) (Chinese Mandarin), udržovat (Czech), vedligeholde (Danish), handhaven (Dutch), bonteni (Esperanto), ylläpitää (Finnish), hoitaa (Finnish), säilyttää (Finnish), pitää (Finnish), entretenir (French), შენარჩუნება (šenarčuneba) (Georgian), unterhalten (German), warten (German), beibehalten (German), aufrechterhalten (German), διατηρώ (diatiró) (Greek), karbantart (Hungarian), fenntart (Hungarian), tart (Hungarian), mantenar (Ido), coinnigh (Irish), mantenere (Italian), 保つ (tamotsu) (Japanese), 維持する (iji suru) (Japanese), 유지하다 (yuji-hada) (Korean), habeo (Latin), tueor (Latin), tuarā (Maori), uɗumisha (Ngazidja Comorian), opprettholde (Norwegian), bevare (Norwegian), vedlikeholde (Norwegian), manténer (Occitan), manter (Portuguese), menține (Romanian), подде́рживать (poddérživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), поддержа́ть (podderžátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), धरति (dharati) (Sanskrit), mantener (Spanish), dumisha (Swahili), upphålla (Swedish), bibehålla (Swedish), підтри́мувати (pidtrýmuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-maintain-en-verb-6KnJGPOj Disambiguation of 'to keep up': 87 2 7 4
  2. To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert. Translations (to declare or affirm a point of view to be true): отстоявам (otstojavam) (Bulgarian), mantenir (Catalan), väittää (Finnish), esittää (Finnish), maintenir (French), ισχυρίζομαι (ischyrízomai) (Greek), whakanonoi (Maori), afirmar (Portuguese), afirma (Romanian), mantener (Spanish), sostener (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-maintain-en-verb-BslycMTh Disambiguation of 'to declare or affirm a point of view to be true': 5 77 5 13
  3. To keep in good condition and working order.
    Sense id: en-maintain-en-verb-4mAPUaCB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 16 63 15
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-maintain-en-verb-0ezdMcXA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: maintainability, maintain appearances

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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “to keep up”",
      "word": "abandon"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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        "3": "maintenir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French maintenir",
      "name": "der"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2-3 Man City”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Mancini's men were far from their best but dug in to earn a 10th win in 11 league games and an eighth successive victory in all competitions to maintain their five-point lead at the top of the table.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 March 2, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 98",
          "text": "Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.",
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          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥāfaẓa",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "حَافَظَ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "poddǎržam",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "поддържам"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "mantenir"
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          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "維持"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wéichí",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "维持"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "udržovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "vedligeholde"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "handhaven"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "bonteni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "ylläpitää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "hoitaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "säilyttää"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to keep up",
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "entretenir"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šenarčuneba",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "შენარჩუნება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "unterhalten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "warten"
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        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "beibehalten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "aufrechterhalten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diatiró",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "διατηρώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "diatēréō",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "διατηρέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "karbantart"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "fenntart"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "tart"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "mantenar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "coinnigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "mantenere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tamotsu",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "保つ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "iji suru",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "維持する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yuji-hada",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "유지하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "habeo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "tueor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "tuarā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "uɗumisha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "opprettholde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "bevare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "vedlikeholde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "manténer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "manter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "menține"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poddérživatʹ",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "подде́рживать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podderžátʹ",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "поддержа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "dharati",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "धरति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "mantener"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "dumisha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "upphålla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "bibehålla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 2 7 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pidtrýmuvaty",
          "sense": "to keep up",
          "word": "підтри́мувати"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1962 December, “A new Pullman era?”, in Modern Railways, page 362",
          "text": "Pullman traditionalists will no doubt maintain that the full-service-at-every-seat principle is popular with their clientele; [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian",
          "text": "She maintains that the internet should face similar curbs to TV because young people are increasingly living online. \"It's totally different, someone at Google watching the video from the comfort of their office in San Francisco to someone from a council house in London, where this video is happening right outside their front door.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "5 77 5 13",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otstojavam",
          "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
          "word": "отстоявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 77 5 13",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
          "word": "mantenir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 77 5 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
          "word": "väittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 77 5 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
          "word": "esittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 77 5 13",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
          "word": "maintenir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 77 5 13",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ischyrízomai",
          "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
          "word": "ισχυρίζομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 77 5 13",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
          "word": "whakanonoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 77 5 13",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
          "word": "afirmar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 77 5 13",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
          "word": "afirma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 77 5 13",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
          "word": "mantener"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 77 5 13",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
          "word": "sostener"
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          "_dis": "6 16 63 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "ref": "1946 July and August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 213",
          "text": "The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To keep in good condition and working order."
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      "id": "en-maintain-en-verb-4mAPUaCB",
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        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ],
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          "working order",
          "working order"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action."
      ],
      "id": "en-maintain-en-verb-0ezdMcXA",
      "links": [
        [
          "support",
          "support"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/meɪnˈteɪn/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/mənˈteɪn/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-eɪn"
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      "tags": [
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}
{
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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “to keep up”",
      "word": "abandon"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ten-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪn",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪn/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "maintainability"
    },
    {
      "word": "maintain appearances"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ten-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "mayntenen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English mayntenen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "maintenir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French maintenir",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "manuteneo",
        "4": "manūteneō, manūtenēre",
        "5": "I support"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin manūteneō, manūtenēre (“I support”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "manus"
      },
      "expansion": "manus",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "manū",
        "4": "",
        "5": "with/in/by the hand",
        "pos": "ablative of <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">manus</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin manū (“with/in/by the hand”, ablative of manus)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "teneo",
        "3": "tenēre",
        "4": "to hold"
      },
      "expansion": "tenēre (“to hold”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English mayntenen, from Old French maintenir, from Late Latin manūteneō, manūtenēre (“I support”), from Latin manū (“with/in/by the hand”, ablative of manus) + tenēre (“to hold”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "maintains",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maintaining",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maintained",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maintained",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "maintain (third-person singular simple present maintains, present participle maintaining, simple past and past participle maintained)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2-3 Man City”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Mancini's men were far from their best but dug in to earn a 10th win in 11 league games and an eighth successive victory in all competitions to maintain their five-point lead at the top of the table.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 March 2, Nancy Langston, “Mining the Boreal North”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 98",
          "text": "Reindeer are well suited to the taiga’s frigid winters. They can maintain a thermogradient between body core and the environment of up to 100 degrees, in part because of insulation provided by their fur, and in part because of counter-current vascular heat exchange systems in their legs and nasal passages.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keep up",
          "keep up"
        ],
        [
          "preserve",
          "preserve"
        ],
        [
          "uphold",
          "uphold"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1962 December, “A new Pullman era?”, in Modern Railways, page 362",
          "text": "Pullman traditionalists will no doubt maintain that the full-service-at-every-seat principle is popular with their clientele; [...].",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian",
          "text": "She maintains that the internet should face similar curbs to TV because young people are increasingly living online. \"It's totally different, someone at Google watching the video from the comfort of their office in San Francisco to someone from a council house in London, where this video is happening right outside their front door.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "declare",
          "declare"
        ],
        [
          "affirm",
          "affirm"
        ],
        [
          "assert",
          "assert"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1946 July and August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 213",
          "text": "The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To keep in good condition and working order."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ],
        [
          "working order",
          "working order"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/meɪnˈteɪn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mənˈteɪn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪn"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-us-maintain.ogg/En-us-maintain.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-us-maintain.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥāfaẓa",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "حَافَظَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poddǎržam",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "поддържам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "mantenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "維持"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wéichí",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "维持"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "udržovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "vedligeholde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "handhaven"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "bonteni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "ylläpitää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "hoitaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "säilyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "pitää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "entretenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šenarčuneba",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "შენარჩუნება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "unterhalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "warten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "beibehalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "aufrechterhalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diatiró",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "διατηρώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "diatēréō",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "διατηρέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "karbantart"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "fenntart"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "tart"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "mantenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "coinnigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "mantenere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tamotsu",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "保つ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iji suru",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "維持する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yuji-hada",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "유지하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "habeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "tueor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "tuarā"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "uɗumisha"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "opprettholde"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "bevare"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "vedlikeholde"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "manténer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "manter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "menține"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poddérživatʹ",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подде́рживать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podderžátʹ",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "поддержа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "dharati",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "धरति"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "mantener"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "dumisha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "upphålla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "bibehålla"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidtrýmuvaty",
      "sense": "to keep up",
      "word": "підтри́мувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otstojavam",
      "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
      "word": "отстоявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
      "word": "mantenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
      "word": "väittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
      "word": "esittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
      "word": "maintenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ischyrízomai",
      "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
      "word": "ισχυρίζομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
      "word": "whakanonoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
      "word": "afirmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
      "word": "afirma"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
      "word": "mantener"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to declare or affirm a point of view to be true",
      "word": "sostener"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maintain"
}

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