Synonym: bear, guard, keep, possess, preserve, protect, retain, save, support, sustain, uphold. Antonym: abandon. Similar words: contain, in the main, container, maintenance, uncertainty, remain, domain, mainly. Meaning: [meɪn'teɪn] 
v. 1. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean" 2. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction 3. supply with necessities and support 4. state categorically 5. have and exercise 6. maintain for use and service 7. maintain by writing regular records 8. state or assert 9. support against an opponent 10. observe correctly or closely.
v. 1. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean" 2. keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction 3. supply with necessities and support 4. state categorically 5. have and exercise 6. maintain for use and service 7. maintain by writing regular records 8. state or assert 9. support against an opponent 10. observe correctly or closely. 
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91. But in order to maintain a credible threat of intervention, we have to maintain a credible alliance.
92. She may not have the money to maintain or restore her property.
93. We shall maintain our focus on the needs of the customer.
94. This may help to maintain the gains you've made and to prevent backsliding.
95. Farmers are struggling to maintain a level of productivity that generates an acceptable income.
96. Our first priority is to maintain the standard of work.
97. Financial institutions must maintain sufficient liquidity to meet the demands of depositors.
98. Sociologists must maintain critical distance from the ideas of society at any particular time.
99. In order to maintain profit margins health and safety regulations are often put to one side.
100. It is important to maintain a constant temperature inside the greenhouse.
101. The producer was under pressure to maintain a diversity in his output.
102. His critics maintain that he's responsible for many of Algeria's ills.
103. She still tries to maintain the fiction that she is happily married.
104. The company has struggled to maintain its domination in the marketplace.
105. She could not maintain her balance and moved in a wobbly fashion.
106. The government has reaffirmed that it will take any steps necessary to maintain law and order.
107. The Philippine government wants the US to maintain a military presence in Southeast Asia.
108. Engineers maintain the turbines.
109. She was trying to maintain the impression that she was in control.
110. It will be an uphill struggle to maintain exports at the current level.
111. This is the most efficient way to build up and maintain a reasonable level of physical fitness.
112. We must do our best to maintain sales at their usual rate.
113. We all want to maintain our dignity in old age.
114. The idea is to maintain the regularity of the heartbeat.
115. The film starts promisingly enough but it doesn't maintain the interest level.
116. Doctors have to constantly update their knowledge in order to maintain their professional competence.
117. He was arguing with the King about the need to maintain the cavalry at full strength.
118. The team is hoping that it can maintain its current form.
119. They barely earn enough to maintain themselves and their four children.
120. All television companies accept the need to maintain standards of taste and decency .
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