Found 4 items, similar to maintain.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: maintain mempertahankan
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: maintain memelihara
English → English (WordNet) Definition: maintain maintain v 1: 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” [syn: keep, hold] 2: 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 ancient manuscripts” [syn: conserve, preserve, keep up] 3: 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” [syn: sustain, keep] 4: state categorically [syn: assert, asseverate] 5: of power or authority [syn: wield, exert] 6: maintain for use and service; “I keep a car in the countryside”; “She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips” [syn: keep] 7: maintain by writing regular records; “keep a diary”; “maintain a record”; “keep notes” [syn: keep] 8: state or assert; “He maintained his innocence” [syn: defend] 9: support against an opponent; “The appellate court upheld the verdict” [syn: uphold] 10: observe correctly or closely; “The pianist kept time with the metronome”; “keep count”; “I cannot keep track of all my employees” [syn: observe, keep]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Maintain Maintain \Main*tain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Maintained; p. pr. & vb. n. Maintaining.] [OE. maintenen, F. maintenir, properly, to hold by the hand; main hand (L. manus) + F. tenir to hold (L. tenere). See Manual, and Tenable.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish. [1913 Webster] God values . . . every one as he maintains his post. --Grew. [1913 Webster] 3. To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail. [1913 Webster] Maintain talk with the duke. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed. [1913 Webster] Glad, by his labor, to maintain his life. --Stirling. [1913 Webster] What maintains one vice would bring up two children. --Franklin. [1913 Webster] 5. To affirm; to support or defend by argument. [1913 Webster] It is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to be maintained by it. --South. [1913 Webster] Syn: To assert; vindicate; allege. See Assert. [1913 Webster]