Maintained

Definitions: Maintained

Maintained

Adjective

1. Kept in good condition.

2. Made ready for service.

3. Continued in your keeping or use or memory; "in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered".

Date "maintained" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Maintained

Synonyms: kept up(p) (adj), repaired (adj), retained (adj), serviced (adj), well-kept (adj). (additional references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Our ionization layer must be maintained until our relocation is effected. (This Island Earth; writing credit: Raymond F. Jones; Franklin Coen) Nothing; this is silence pure and simple. But let us take another case. Suppose I were to take a dagger from my sleeve and make to kill the prisoner with it, and my lordships there, instead of crying out for me to stop, maintained their silence. (A Man for All Seasons; writing credit: Robert Bolt)
Lyrics	'Cause the balance of power's maintained that way. ("Who's Next?"; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Ancient monuments of Wales; an illustrated guide to the ancient monuments maintained by the Department of the Environment on behalf of the Secretary of State for Wales (reference) Church Maintained in Truth (reference) FLEX (Flextronics International Ltd.): Q3 Results In Line; Outlook Maintained [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Investors in People Maintained (reference) The New Woman Driver: All a Woman Needs to Know about Cars to Buy One, Drive It, Have It Maintained (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Taking measurement while tension being maintained.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Scott Base is maintained by New Zealand. Mileage sign for those interested in going home.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	The New Zealanders maintained a dog sled team at the time of this photo. Dogs came from a Greenland lineage now bred at Scott Base. Dogs are no longer permitted in Antarctica.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Abraham Lincoln	Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
Charles Dickens	It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus	The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms. Armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson	Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, ''If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?
René Descartes	No opinion, however absurd and incredible, can be imagined, which has not been maintained by some one of the philosophers.
Thomas Erskine	Thus I have maintained by English history that in proportion as the Press has been free, English government has been free.
Voltaire	The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	And my children also, being born of me, had a right to be maintained out of my labour or substance. (Second Treatise of Government)
Marbury v. Madison	1803	This is too extravagant to be maintained. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The free zones existing in German ports on August 1, 1914, shall be maintained. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The man questioned her no more, and now maintained a mournful silence.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	On the whole, I think that it cannot be maintained that dressing has in this or any country risen to the dignity of an art.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The plague bacteria are maintained in the blood systems of rodents. (references)
		The data should be maintained in a central registry, with respect for confidentiality. (references)
		Lyme disease bacteria are maintained in the blood systems and tissues of small rodents. (references)
Business		The construction industry in Saudi Arabia has maintained a relatively stable rate of growth. (references)
		Interest rates have been maintained at a high level in 1996 in order to retain as much foreign capital as possible. (references)
		Low-level PCB contamination still exists, and disposal facilities are maintained to deal with PCB waste as it arises. (references)
Children	Afghanistan	In Herat, which was captured by the Taliban in 1995, girls' schools remained closed, except in the refugee camps maintained by international NGO's. (references)
	Senegal	Numerous organizations assist the Ministry in support of children's rights, including the Ministry of Health, which maintained a nationwide effort focusing on child survival. (references)
	Slovak Republic	The law allows parents to place their child in a state-run institution for abandoned children, and as long as contact is maintained once every 6 months, the child remains in the custody of the parents and cannot be adopted. (references)
Civil Liberties	Afghanistan	Various factions maintained their own communications facilities. (references)
	Albania	The police generally maintained order with due respect for citizens' rights. (references)
	Israel and the occupied territories	Police maintained a low profile and in most cases did not approach the demonstrations. (references)
Economic History	Uganda	Uganda maintained its Commonwealth membership. (references)
	Cote D'ivoire	In year 2000, imports maintained the same level. (references)
	Spain	Spain has maintained its special identification with Latin America. (references)
Human Rights	Mexico	They maintained that they did not realize anyone had been shot. (references)
	Afghanistan	The Northern Alliance maintained prisons in Panjshir and Faizabad. (references)
	Ecuador	The protesters maintained that they were fired upon without provocation. (references)
Indigenous People	Colombia	ONIC maintained its suspension of dialog with the Government at year's end. (references)
	Venezuela	However, the Caracas city government and the Metropolitan Police maintained a policy of forcing the Warao to return to the delta by rounding them up and loading them onto buses. (references)
	Guyana	In 1998 the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs admitted that the Amerindian Act was antiquated and expressed a commitment to update it, although it has taken no action to do so. The Government has long maintained that it is committed to demarcating lands that traditionally have been the home of Amerindians. (references)
Minorities	Nauru	While foreign workers are provided free housing, the shelters they are given often are maintained poorly and are overcrowded. (references)
	China	Authorities maintained tight control over "separatist activities," announced tightened security measures, and mounted campaigns to crack down on opposition during the year. (references)
	Hong Kong	In the face of growing criticism, the Government began to gauge public opinion on the need for antiracism legislation, but maintained its stance that better education on the subject, not new legislation, was the solution. (references)
Political Economy	Argentina	The De la Rua administration has maintained these close relations. (references)
	CHILE	Chile has maintained market-oriented economic policies for nearly three decades. (references)
	Croatia	Civilian authorities generally maintained effective control of the security forces. (references)
Political Rights	Macedonia	However, minorities maintained that political structures continued to be biased against them. (references)
	Venezuela	For example, Arias Cardenas maintained that voting machines were programmed to undercount votes for him. (references)
	Pakistan	Each of the four categories is maintained on a separate electorate roll, and minorities cannot cast votes for the Muslim constituency seats. (references)
Trade	Honduras	Import registration procedures have only been maintained for statistical purposes. (references)
	Burma	For several years the Ministry of Commerce has maintained a list of prohibited imports. (references)
	Eritrea	Following the float of the Nakfa in May 1998, the GSE maintained a fairly open exchange system. (references)
Travel	Bahrain	Most major roads are four- or six-lane and are well maintained. (references)
	Armenia	Many Armenians, despite decades of Soviet rule, have maintained an entrepreneurial spirit. (references)
	Chile	U.S. companies established in Chile have maintained successful operations in Chile for decades. (references)
Women	Andorra	Observers maintained that violence against women persisted. (references)
	El Salvador	The PNC maintained that it was investigating the allegations in accordance with standard operating procedures. (references)
	Kyrgyz Republic	Another center in Bishkek, Sezim, maintained a staff of lawyers, psychologists, and doctors, and operated a crisis hotline for the public. (references)
Worker Rights	Mali	The UNTM has maintained its autonomy from the Government. (references)
	Gabon	Critics maintained that government efforts were ineffective and hampered by a lack of resources. (references)
	Moldova	It produced antitrafficking educational material, provided counseling to victims, and maintained a hot line for those in need of advice. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not missed. The question, "Is life worth living?" has been much discussed; particularly by those who think it is not, many of whom have written at great length in support of their view and by careful observance of the laws of health enjoyed for long terms of years the honors of successful controversy. "Life's not worth living, and that's the truth," Carelessly caroled the golden youth. In manhood still he maintained that view And held it more strongly the older he grew. When kicked by a jackass at eighty-three, "Go fetch me a surgeon at once!" cried he. Han Soper
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Rush Limbaugh	Something that I have maintained over the course of many, many broadcast years is that the modern environmentalist wacko movement is the new home for displaced communists of the anti-capitalist movement.
Sean Penn	Well, they brought it on themselves. What they brought on themselves, it turns out, is a heightened support of their leader on the basis of it was American bombs that dropped and maintained that devastation through sanctions.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	With our Indian neighbors the public peace has been steadily maintained.
James Monroe	1817-1825	A squadron has been maintained, as heretofore, in the Mediterranean, by means whereof peace has been preserved with the Barbary Powers.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	Nor is our Government to be maintained or our Union preserved by invasions of the rights and powers of the several States.
Abraham Lincoln	1861-1865	All profess to be content in the Union if all constitutional rights can be maintained.
Warren G. Harding	1921-1923	Believing in our higher standards, reared through constitutional liberty and maintained opportunity, we invite the world to the same heights.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	We are determined that effective control shall be maintained in Germany until we are satisfied that the German people have regained the right to a place of honor and respect.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet military build-up on the island of Cuba.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Maintained" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 59.76% of the time. "Maintained" is used about 3,304 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)	59.76%	1,975	4,352
Lexical Verb (past tense)	35.19%	1,163	6,614
Adjective (general or positive)	4.75%	157	25,059
Noun (proper)	0.3%	10	111,207
Total	100.00%	3,304	N/A

Expressions using "maintained": customer owned and maintained ♦ maintained command ♦ maintained contact switch ♦ maintained footcandles. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "maintained": maintained-school.
	Ending with "maintained": grant-maintained, non-maintained, poorly-maintained, well-maintained.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "maintained"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		维护 (maintain, Maintaining, maintenance, Upheld, uphold). (various references)

Danish		vedvarende svingning (maintained vibration, sustained vibration), vedligeholdt ordre (maintained command), vedligeholdt kommando (maintained command), styret kontakt (maintained contact switch), stående ordre (maintained command), stående kommando (maintained command), spændingen i billedrøret holdes konstant for at opretholde fokuseringen af de tre elektronkanoner svarende til de tre farver (the voltage at the cathode ray tube terminals is maintained constant in order to keep the three guns for the three colours in focus), kundeejet udstyr (customer owned and maintained), holdeordre (maintained command), holdekommando (maintained command), drifts-footcandles (maintained footcandles). (various references)

Dutch		moederhuishouden (female-headed household, women maintained household, women sustained houdehold), wipschakelaar (maintained contact switch, toggle switch), stationair commando (maintained command), resterende voetkaarsen (maintained footcandles), resterende footcandles (maintained footcandles), onderzeevaartuigen kunnen in evenwicht gehouden worden door waterbalast,d.w.z.een systeem van stevige tanks,de z.g.regeltanks,die zeewater in en uit kunnen laten (sea water let into or blown out of strong tanks called ballast(equalizing)tanks, the static equilibrium of submersibles may be maintained by the use of water ballast), instandhouding van het octrooi in gewijzigde vorm (patent maintained in amended form), eigendom van en beheerd door de klant (customer owned and maintained), de spanning op de elektronenstraalbuis wordt constant gehouden, zodat de drie elektronenkanonnen voor de drie primaire kleuren gefocusseerd blijven (the voltage at the cathode ray tube terminals is maintained constant in order to keep the three guns for the three colours in focus), blijvende trilling (maintained vibration, sustained vibration). (various references)

Finnish		säilyä (be maintained, be preserved, be retained, be safeguarded, be spared, endure, escape, keep, last), pito-ohjaus (maintained command), käsin palautettava kytkin (maintained contact switch), asiakkaan omistama ja ylläpitämä (customer owned and maintained). (various references)

French		maintinrent, maintenues, maintenu, maintînmes. (various references)

German		beibehalten (held, keep, keep up, maintain, retain, retained, to retain). (various references)

Greek		στο σύστημα της συμβατικής αγκυροβολίας με σταθερή τάση η συμβατική κλασσική αγκυροβολία τροποποιείται ως εξής:γραμμές προσδέσεως(μικρής (a modified technique called constant tension anchoring is achieved by the use of mooring lines of low elasticity and weight in water strung between mooring buoys or anchors and winches maintained at a constant tension and located on the drilling unit), πελατόκτητος και πελατοσυντήρητος (customer owned and maintained), φυτά που διατηρούνται έξω από το φυσικό τους περιβάλλον (off-site maintained plants), η στατιστική ισορροπία των υποβρυχίων μπορεί να διατηρηθεί με την τεχνική του υγρού βάρους,έρμα νερού που εισάγεται ή αποχύνεται μέσα σε/α� (the static equilibrium of submersibles may be maintained by the use of water ballast), διακόπτης διατηρούμενης επαφής (maintained contact switch), διατηρούμενη δόνηση (maintained vibration, sustained vibration), διατηρούμενος φωτισμός (maintained footcandles), διατηρούμενος αριθμός λούμεν ανά τετραγωνικό πόδι (maintained footcandles), διατεινόταν ότι (he maintained that), Η τάση στους ακροδέκτες της λυχνίας καθοδικών ακτίνων διατηρείται στα-θερή για να επιτευχθεί έτσι η εστίαση των τριών εκτοξευτών των τριών (the voltage at the cathode ray tube terminals is maintained constant in order to keep the three guns for the three colours in focus). (various references)

Hebrew		מוחזק (acknowledged, held, recognized, supported). (various references)

Italian		vibrazione mantenuta (maintained vibration, sustained vibration), si puo mantenere l'equilibrio statico dei sottomarini servendosi di zavorre liquide,come acqua marina introdotta sotto pressione in robusti serbatoi,detti serbatoi compensatori (sea water let into or blown out of strong tanks called ballast(equalizing)tanks, the static equilibrium of submersibles may be maintained by the use of water ballast), piante coltivate al di fuori del loro habitat naturale (off-site maintained plants), la tensione applicata al tubo a raggi catodici è mantenuta costante in modo da ottenere la focalizzazione dei tre cannoni elettronici corrispondenti ai tre colori (the voltage at the cathode ray tube terminals is maintained constant in order to keep the three guns for the three colours in focus), comando mantenuto (maintained command). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		藩邸 (residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		は�"てい (anti-imperialism, award, decision, judgement, residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo, verdict). (various references)

Korean		� 지하�" (retained). (various references)

Manx		pohlldit (warranted), freaylt (reserved), cummit seose (supported), breearrit (professed, promised under oath, vowed), beaghit (fed). (various references)

Pig Latin		aintainedmay.(various references)

Portuguese		vibração mantida (maintained vibration, sustained vibration), possuído e mantido pelo cliente (customer owned and maintained), comando mantido (maintained command), a tensão nos terminais do tubo catódico é mantida constante de forma a manter os três canhões das três cores em foco (the voltage at the cathode ray tube terminals is maintained constant in order to keep the three guns for the three colours in focus). (various references)

Russian		поддерживать обслуживаемый. (various references)

Spanish		mando mantenido (maintained command), vibración entretenida (maintained vibration, sustained vibration), plantas que se mantienen fuera de su emplazamiento habitual (off-site maintained plants), equipamiento de propiedad y mantenimiento por el usuario (customer owned and maintained), el voltaje en los terminales del tubo de rayos catódicos se mantiene constante para mantener enfocados los tres cañones de los tres colores básicos (the voltage at the cathode ray tube terminals is maintained constant in order to keep the three guns for the three colours in focus), el equilibrio estático de los submarinos puede mantenerse utilizando lastre líquido, como agua de mar introducida a presión en depósitos resistentes llamados depósitos reguladores (sea water let into or blown out of strong tanks called ballast(equalizing)tanks, the static equilibrium of submersibles may be maintained by the use of water ballast), conmutador de contacto mantenido (maintained contact switch), candelas/pie mantenidas (maintained footcandles). (various references)

Swedish		utdraget kommando (maintained command), omkopplare (changeover switch, change-over switch, jumper, maintained contact switch, selector, selector switch), hållkommando (maintained command), faktisk ljusutstrålning (maintained footcandles). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Maintained" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amantadine, mainatined, maintaine, maintainee, maintane, maintaned, maintence, maintenue, mantained, mountained, naintained. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "maintained" (pronounced māntā"nd)
5	-n t ā" n d	contained.
4	-t ā" n d	abstained, ascertained, attained, detained, entertained, obtained, pertained, retained, stained, sustained, unstained.
3	-ā" n d	arraigned, brained, campaigned, caned, chained, complained, constrained, craned, disdained, drained, explained, feigned, gained, grained, ingrained, maned, ordained, pained, planed, preordained, rained, refrained, regained, reigned, reined, remained, restrained, retrained, sprained, strained, trained, unconstrained, unexplained, unrestrained, untrained, waned.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-i-i-m-n-n-t"
	-1 letter: inanimate.
	-2 letters: amandine, amanitin, animated, diamante, indamine, maintain.
	-3 letters: amentia, amidine, andante, animate, antiman, diamine, indamin, inedita, intimae, mandate, mannite, mediant.
	-4 letters: adnate, aidman, aidmen, amidin, anadem, anemia, daimen, dentin, detain, diamin, etamin, indent, indite, inmate, innate, intend, intima, intime, intine, maenad, maiden, manned, mantid, median, medina, minted, taenia, tamein, tandem, tanned, tineid, tinman, tinmen, tinned.
	-5 letters: adman, admen, admit, aimed, amain, amend, ament, amide, amine, amnia, anent, anima, anime, animi, antae, anted, atman, daman, demit, denim, entia, imide, imine, inane, indie, inned, manat, maned, mania, manna, manta, mated, matin, meant, media, medii, menad, menta, minae, mined, naiad, named, nitid, tamed, teiid, teind, tenia, timed, timid, tinea, tined.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-i-i-m-n-n-t"
	+1 letter: deaminating, deamination.
	+2 letters: deaminations, delaminating, delamination.
	+3 letters: animadverting, delaminations.
	+4 letters: antidefamation, dehumanization, denominational.
	+5 letters: decontaminating, decontamination, dehumanizations, demagnetization.
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