Collocations for "maintain"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "maintain" in context.
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maintain
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- maintain a [friendship, relationship]
- maintain a [close, cordial, intimate] relationship
- maintain your [car, house]
- maintain a healthy [diet, lifestyle]
- maintain the [speed, rate]
- maintain [a minimum, the maximum]
- maintain [confidentiality, professionalism, standards]
- while (still) maintaining [confidentiality]
- maintain [my composure, your integrity]
- maintain their [position, neutrality, independence]
- maintain your [health, weight, ground]
- maintain yourself financially
- maintain [communication, open lines]
- necessary to maintain life
- maintain [human, marine] life
- maintain eye contact
- [properly, consistently] maintain
- maintain and [improve, operate, update, enhance, repair]
- the [property, pool, confidentiality] has to be maintained
- is [difficult, hard, not hard, easy] to maintain
- [difficult] to maintain across [borders, cultural lines]
'maintain' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
build
- develop
- effect
- establish
- function
- implement
- improve
- manage
- oil
- own
- practice
- service
- struggle
- update
- water
- court
- facility
- green
- eye
- record
- pool
- pitch
- park
- order
- expensive
- healthy
- separate
- proper
- workmanship
- caretaker
- courtyard
- discipline
- efficiency
- justice
- lifestyle
- momentum
- rudder
- sanitation
- scaffolding
- warden
- berth
- infrastructure
- presence
- preserve
- privacy
- orderly
- regular
- sexual
- specially
- steadfast