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maintain

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Significado de maintain

v.

Continuar, manter, sustentar, persistir, perseverar.

v. t.

To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.
To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.
To affirm; to support or defend by argument

v.

keep, hold, hold back related term, hold out related term, hold over related term, hold out related term, hold up related term, keep in related term, keep out related term, keep off related term, keep up related term, keep off related term, keep down related term, keep apart related term, keep up related term verb, conserve, preserve, keep up, keep generic term verb, sustain, keep, have generic term, have got generic term, hold generic term verb, assert, asseverate, insist generic term, take a firm stand generic term verb, wield, exert, have generic term, have got generic term, hold generic term verb, keep, have generic term, have got generic term, hold generic term verb, keep, record generic term, enter generic term, put down generic term verb, defend, affirm generic term verb, uphold, confirm generic term, reassert generic term verb, observe, keep

Vogais: aiai

Consoantes: mntn

Palavras Parecidas

mantuan, mintman, mannitan, mountain, maintenon, manhattan, mentation, man-to-man, mandean, meditation.