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to keep in good condition<he repairs and maintains antique cars as a hobby>Synonymsconserve, keep up, preserve, saveRelated Wordssupport, sustain; care (for), husband, manage; defend, guard, protect, safeguard, screen, shield; cure, fix, heal, remedy; mend, patch, rebuild, reconstructNear Antonymsdisregard, ignore, neglect; break, damage, destroy, harm, hurt, impair, injure, ruin, wreck
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to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections<part of debating is learning to maintain your position in the face of harsh challenges>Synonymsdefend, justify, support, upholdRelated Wordsadvocate, champion, espouse; confirm, vindicate, warrant; affirm, assert, avow, claim, contend, declare, insist, proclaim, profess, state; argue, debate, discuss; emphasize, stress, underline, underscoreNear Antonymsabandon, forsake, recant, retract, take back, withdraw; controvert, disprove, rebut, refute
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to pay the living expenses of<we simply cannot afford to maintain a horse>— see support 2
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to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration<she continued to maintain that a sewing machine would end up paying for itself since she could make her own clothes>— see argue 1
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to state as a fact usually forcefully<he maintains that there is indeed hard evidence for extraterrestrial visitors>— see claim 1
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