to maintain
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4.4
- verb
- /meɪnˈteɪn/
:
sostener
- She maintains her position on the importance of education, despite criticism from others.
- maintain a position
- maintain a stance
- critics maintain
So it's just become impossible to to maintain that claim anymore.
- So it's just become impossible to to maintain that claim anymore.
- So I still maintain this was a pretty cool idea.
- And the prosecutor maintains that she was right.
- So you maintain that Biden nomics is?
- Well, then why do you maintain them?
Examples
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Which he maintained was a tragic accident.
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But I want to maintain your confidence in our mission.
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So I still maintain this was a pretty cool idea.
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I maintain that we are on the right track.
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And the prosecutor maintains that she was right.
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Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago.
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I am for Woman Suffrage, a position he maintained throughout the campaign.
Academic text (2013) -
I've always maintained that what we are isn't anywhere near as important as who we are.
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Based on end-of-project surveys, the authors maintain that Agile methods can increase the likelihood of developing entrepreneurial skills.
Academic text (2017) -
The scientist maintains that climate change is primarily caused by human activity.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
Say or demand something firmly and refuse to change your mind
691
2.8
To speak up to support a person or idea when others criticize it
229
3.9
To clearly and firmly say your needs or opinions
108
4.1
To state clearly that something is true or show support for it
93
2.8
To say firmly that you are not guilty
55
4.4
To say again clearly that something is still true or important
22
3.7
Keep your decision or opinion when others try to make you change
2
4.4
Keep the same decision even when others disagree
1
4.4
To state an opinion strongly and refuse to change it when others disagree
To say something firmly and seriously
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To keep your face looking serious and not show you are laughing
How Asserted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Maintain comes from Latin manu 'hand' and tenere 'to hold', and it long meant to 'hold' an idea. So to maintain a statement is to say it firmly and keep holding that position.