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🔄 To keep going 🛠️ To keep in good condition 🗣️ To claim firmly 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 To support 📒 To keep records
to maintain

to maintain

8 5.1
Keep written records by making regular entries
  • verb
  • /meɪnˈteɪn/
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  • As a consequence, Ms. Pompadour and Mr. Tibbs have found it increasingly difficult to maintain the salon's books manually.
  • maintain records
  • maintain a journal
  • maintain a log

So we have coaches and our coaches are not required to hand out or maintain any records.

Examples

  • Also, depending on the type of engineering business, managers may need to maintain records to comply with regulatory requirements.

    Academic text (2009)

  • To facilitate coding, each researcher maintained a codebook with a list of codes and decisions made during coding.

    Academic text (2015)

  • All teams will be required to maintain accurate records of their personnel, research data, and stages of progress.

    Academic text (2012)

  • But what happens if a licensing body requires a professional to maintain records in a province or a state?

    Academic text (1996)

  • The HON rule requires detailed records to be maintained for all emission points subject to the rule.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Mentors should encourage beginning teachers to maintain regular journals throughout the first year of teaching.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The students, parents, and teachers will maintain reflective journals during the study to keep records of their experiences.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Additionally, Walden called for a stenographer to maintain a record of the testimony given by all witnesses.

    Academic text (2007)

  • I also held raffles, sold sandwiches, and accepted anonymous donations, meticulously maintaining records and documenting receipts.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Teachers must maintain detailed records of each student's progress throughout the school year.

Synonyms

to keep
vsto maintain
∞ 1.0

To do what you promised

is about making regular written entries rather than fulfilling obligations or customs
to record
vsto maintain
762 2.3

To make a written, audio, or video copy of something for later use

focuses on regular repeated written entries rather than any single account
to log
vsto maintain
175 3.0

To write down events or information to keep a record

is used for making regular written entries over time rather than one off reports

Antonyms

to neglect
256 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

to omit
66 3.4

Leave out something, for example a name, on purpose or by accident

Idioms

to maintain a straight face
  • Informal
6.0

To keep your face looking serious and not show you are laughing

to maintain the high ground
6.7

Keep a morally better or stronger position in an argument

to maintain the upper hand
4.9

To keep an advantage or control over others

How Regular

to log
175 3.0
to maintain
8 5.1
to note
158 1.3
to jot down
  • Informal
27 2.9

Surface Forms

maintain infinitive
maintained past
maintained past participle
maintaining present participle
maintains third person singular

Etymology

Maintain comes from Latin manu 'hand' and tenere 'to hold', which gives the simple sense 'to keep'. So to maintain records is to keep them safe and up to date.