OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 14597

maintain

/meɪnˈteɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
mantener • manutener
To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
maintain contact
maintain order
mantener • sostener
To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.
Pullman traditionalists will no doubt maintain that the full-service-at-every-seat principle is popular with their clientele; [...].
She maintains that the internet should face similar curbs to TV because young people are increasingly living online. "It's totally different, someone at Google watching the video f…