maintain

maintain
verb
1 keep sth at the same level
VERB + MAINTAIN
▪ be anxious to, want to
▪

We are anxious to maintain our close links with the police.

▪ have to, need to
▪ strive to, try to
▪ help (to)
▪ be able to
▪ be difficult to
▪

The government's position became increasingly difficult to maintain.

ADVERB
▪ indefinitely
▪

This pace cannot be maintained indefinitely.

▪ simultaneously
▪

They are looking to cut costs while simultaneously maintaining the existing levels of service.

▪ successfully
▪

He successfully maintained the financial health of the company.

▪ easily
▪

The company has easily maintained its position as the leading brand in the money-transfer business.

▪ generally, largely, normally, typically, usually
▪

Commercial aircraft generally maintain cabin altitudes between 6 000 and 8 000 feet.

▪ actively
PHRASES
▪ the duty to maintain sth, the need to maintain sth
▪

He emphasized the need to maintain the status quo.

2 keep sth in good condition
ADVERB
▪ carefully, properly, well
▪ poorly
▪

a poorly maintained central heating system

VERB + MAINTAIN
▪ be difficult to
▪ be easy to
PHRASES
▪ be responsible for maintaining sth
Maintain is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑pressure
Maintain is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alignment, ↑alliance, ↑altitude, ↑anonymity, ↑appearance, ↑archive, ↑army, ↑association, ↑atmosphere, ↑attitude, ↑autonomy, ↑balance, ↑base, ↑blacklist, ↑blockade, ↑blog, ↑calm, ↑charade, ↑check, ↑coherence, ↑command, ↑communication, ↑composure, ↑confidence, ↑confidentiality, ↑connection, ↑consistency, ↑contact, ↑continuity, ↑control, ↑correspondence, ↑credibility, ↑culture, ↑custom, ↑database, ↑dignity, ↑discipline, ↑distance, ↑diversity, ↑dividend, ↑dominance, ↑domination, ↑edge, ↑effectiveness, ↑efficiency, ↑enthusiasm, ↑erection, ↑excellence, ↑existence, ↑facility, ↑fiction, ↑fidelity, ↑file, ↑fitness, ↑fleet, ↑flexibility, ↑flow, ↑focus, ↑foothold, ↑form, ↑formality, ↑freedom, ↑friendship, ↑garden, ↑grip, ↑growth, ↑harmony, ↑health, ↑height, ↑hierarchy, ↑highway, ↑hold, ↑house, ↑household, ↑humidity, ↑identity, ↑illusion, ↑image, ↑impartiality, ↑impression, ↑improvement, ↑independence, ↑individuality, ↑inequality, ↑initiative, ↑innocence, ↑insurance, ↑intake, ↑integrity, ↑interest, ↑lawn, ↑lead, ↑level, ↑liaison, ↑lifestyle, ↑link, ↑log, ↑machinery, ↑majority, ↑membership, ↑military, ↑momentum, ↑monopoly, ↑morale, ↑motivation, ↑myth, ↑network, ↑neutrality, ↑occupation, ↑order, ↑pace, ↑partnership, ↑patrol, ↑peace, ↑perspective, ↑popularity, ↑position, ↑posture, ↑practice, ↑presence, ↑pretence, ↑productivity, ↑profile, ↑profitability, ↑purity, ↑quality, ↑rate, ↑record, ↑regimen, ↑register, ↑regularity, ↑relation, ↑relationship, ↑reputation, ↑reserve, ↑residence, ↑rhythm, ↑rigour, ↑road, ↑sanity, ↑schedule, ↑secrecy, ↑semblance, ↑sense, ↑service, ↑shape, ↑silence, ↑site, ↑speed, ↑stability, ↑stance, ↑standard, ↑status, ↑status quo, ↑stock, ↑strength, ↑superiority, ↑supply, ↑supremacy, ↑system, ↑temperature, ↑tension, ↑tie, ↑tone, ↑tradition, ↑truce, ↑trust, ↑unity, ↑velocity, ↑veneer, ↑viability, ↑vigil, ↑vigilance, ↑vitality, ↑watch, ↑website, ↑weight

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