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# maintain

«maintain» in Mova's school dictionary: **to keep it in good condition by looking after it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (maintain, maintains, maintained, maintaining)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To maintain something is to keep it in good condition by looking after it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintain/#m1)

2) To maintain is to keep something at the same level: maintain a speed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintain/#m2)

3) To maintain is to keep saying firmly that something is true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintain/#m3)

4) To maintain someone can mean to pay for what they need to live. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintain/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science: «maintain a constant temperature» keeps a fair test fair. In everyday life people maintain bikes, gardens and buildings. In maths: «maintains a speed of 50 km/h» means the speed stays the same, so distance = speed × time. Phrases: maintain order, maintain a balance.

### examples

- You must maintain your bike by oiling the chain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintain/#x1)
- The car maintained a steady speed of 60 km/h. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintain/#x2)
- He maintained that he was innocent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintain/#x3)
- Keep the water at the same temperature to maintain a fair test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintain/#x4)
- The caretaker maintains the school grounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintain/#x5)
- Try to maintain eye contact when you speak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintain/#x6)
- Regular exercise helps maintain good health. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintain/#x7)
- Yes, it always pays best when the wife sees and maintains that her husband knows best, and whatever he does is right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintain/#x8)

### note

Regular verb. Noun: maintenance (note the spelling: mainten-ance, not maintain-ance). In maths, a maintained speed or rate is constant, so you can multiply.

### In the corpora

- [then hear Thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.327/)
- [then hear Thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven Thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.331/)
- [For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sattest upon the throne as the righteous Judge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.100/)
- [O LORD, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, Thou maintainest my lot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.188/)
- [I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2564/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «maintain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.