- Types Of Speech
- You can use maintain as a verb in a sentence.
- About Maintain
- A 2 syllables verb and 8 letters with the letters a, i, m, n, and t, 4 consonants, 4 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters nt. Maintain starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters m, ma, mai, main, maint, and the ending characters are n, in, ain, tain, ntain, ..
- Definition
- Observe correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"
- Origin/Roots
- Anglo Norman
- School Grade
- Maintain is set as a grade seven word that starts with m, ends with n, 2 syllables, 4 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Maintain in Pig Latin is said as "aintainmay or aintainmway".
- Unigram
- m | a | i | n | t | a | i | n
- Bigram
- ma | ai | in | nt | ta | ai | in
- Trigram
- mai | ain | int | nta | tai | ain
- Quadrigram
- main | aint | inta | ntai | tain
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- observe correctly or closely;
"The pianist kept time with the metronome";
"keep count";
"I cannot keep track of all my employees" - support against an opponent;
"The appellate court upheld the verdict" - state categorically
- state or assert;
"He maintained his innocence" - maintain by writing regular records;
"keep a diary";
"maintain a record";
"keep notes" - supply with necessities and support;
"She alone sustained her family";
"The money will sustain our good cause";
"There's little to earn and many to keep" - maintain for use and service;
"I keep a car in the countryside";
"She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips" - of power or authority
- keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction;
"We preserve these archeological findings";
"The old lady could not keep up the building";
"children must be taught to conserve our national heritage";
"The museum curator conserved the an - keep in a certain state, position, or activity;
e.g., "keep clean";
"hold in place";
"She always held herself as a lady";
"The students keep me on my toes"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abide | put up with something or somebody unpleasant "I cannot bear his constant criticism" "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" "he learned to tolerate the heat" "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| Abide By | |
| Accent | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation |
| Accentuate | put stress on utter with an accent "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" |
| Accommodate | make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" |
| Accommodate With | |
| Accomplish | put in effect "carry out a task" "execute the decision of the people" "He actioned the operation" |
| Accord | sympathetic compatibility |
| Account As | |
| Ace | a serve that the receiver is unable to reach |
View all cognitive synonyms for Maintain
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Notice | the act of noticing or paying attention "he escaped the notice of the police" |
| Observance | the act of observing taking a patient look |
| Observation | the act of observing taking a patient look |
| Reflection | the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) "he studied his reflection in the mirror" |
| Reflexion | the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) "he studied his reflection in the mirror" |
| Watching | the act of observing taking a patient look |
Maintain Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With M
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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