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What does maintain mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word maintain? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action. [14th-19th c.]
  2. To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). [from 14th c.]
  3. To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert. [from 15th c.]
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Then the determinablist just has to maintain that there really could be electrons that are positively-charged.
One must often attend to the tail and ensure it remains tucked and not become flippant, so as to maintain a catloaf of presentable form.
Communifake is the act of pretending to initiate and maintain a fake conversation on your mobile phone around other people.
They want to maintain the city's status as a major tourist attraction.
The ECB is the central bank for the eurozone, and thus controls monetary policy in that area with an agenda to maintain price stability.
Wright, the postal service had contracted with Wright to maintain its coaches.

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