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maintain
English
Etymology
From Middle English mayntenen, from Old French maintenir, from Late Latin man?tene?, man?ten?re (“I support”), from Latin man? (“with the hand”) + tene? (“I hold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me?n?te?n/, /m?n?te?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Verb
maintain (third-person singular simple present maintains, present participle maintaining, simple past and past participle maintained)
- (obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action. [14th-19thc.]
- To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). [from 14thc.]
- To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert. [from 15thc.]
Antonyms
- (to keep up): abandon
Derived terms
- maintainability
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- amanitin
maintain From the web:
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- what maintains the secondary structure of a protein
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- what maintains the cells shape
- what maintains body temperature
- what maintains the resting membrane potential
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assistance
English
Alternative forms
- assistaunce
Etymology
From Middle English assistance, from Middle French assistance, from Medieval Latin assistentia, from Latin assist? (“I stand at”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??s?s.t?ns/
Noun
assistance (usually uncountable, plural assistances)
- Aid; help; the act or result of assisting.
Derived terms
- public assistance
Translations
French
Etymology
From Late Latin assistentia.
Noun
assistance f (plural assistances)
- assistance
- audience
Derived terms
- assistance publique
Related terms
- assistant
Further reading
- “assistance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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- what assistance is available for unemployed
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- what assistance is available for low income families
- what assistance mean
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