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Maintain — Main*tain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Maintained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Maintaining}.] [OE. maintenen, F. maintenir, properly, to hold by the hand; main hand (L. manus) + F. tenir to hold (L. tenere). See {Manual}, and Tenable.] 1. To hold or keep in any… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
maintain — 01. Tian Hsu works hard to [maintain] close friendships with the students she studied with in London. 02. The roads haven t been properly [maintained], and now are full of cracks and potholes. 03. The President always [maintained] that he didn t… … Grammatical examples in English
maintain */*/*/ — UK [meɪnˈteɪn] / US verb [transitive] Word forms maintain : present tense I/you/we/they maintain he/she/it maintains present participle maintaining past tense maintained past participle maintained 1) to make something stay the same Maintaining… … English dictionary
maintain — main|tain [ meın teın ] verb *** ▸ 1 keep something the same ▸ 2 keep in good condition ▸ 3 keep saying something ▸ 4 provide money etc. ▸ 5 not get angry 1. ) transitive to make something stay the same: KEEP: Maintaining your current weight… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hard keeper — A horse whose weight is hard to maintain … Equestrian sports dictionary
Hard-Fi — at the 2006 Hurricane Festival in Germany Background information Origin Staines, Surrey, England … Wikipedia
maintain — main‧tain [meɪnˈteɪn, mən ] verb [transitive] 1. to make something continue in the same way or at the same high standard as before: • It is impossible to maintain exports at past levels. • To maintain sales growth, the company plans to unveil a… … Financial and business terms
hard currency — A currency that is commonly accepted throughout the world; they are usually those of the Western industrialized countries although other currencies have achieved this status, especially within regional trading blocs. Holdings of hard currency are … Accounting dictionary
hard currency — A currency that is commonly accepted throughout the world; they are usually those of the Western industrialized countries although other currencies have achieved this status, especially within regional trading blocs. Holdings of hard currency are … Big dictionary of business and management
To bear one hard — Bear Bear (b[^a]r), v. t. [imp. {Bore} (b[=o]r) (formerly {Bare} (b[^a]r)); p. p. {Born} (b[^o]rn), {Borne} (b[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bearing}.] [OE. beren, AS. beran, beoran, to bear, carry, produce; akin to D. baren to bring forth, G. geb[… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
