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/meɪnˈteɪn/ 
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | maintain |
| he/she/it | maintains |
| present participle | maintaining |
| past tense | maintained |
| past participle | maintained |
Maintaining your current weight through exercise and healthy eating is important.
It's sometimes hard to maintain the right balance between your work and your home life.
the problem of maintaining social stability in a period of great economic change
The missile system, Bush maintains, will protect the U.S. against so-called rogue states.
The company still maintains that the drug is safe.
She maintained her innocence throughout the trial.
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