Collocations for maintain - verb
1. keep sth at the same level
VERB + maintain
be anxious to,
want to
We are anxious to maintain our close links with the police.
We are anxious to maintain our close links with the police.
have to,
need to
strive to, try to
help (to)
be able to
be difficult to
The government's position became increasingly difficult to maintain.
strive to, try to
help (to)
be able to
be difficult to
The government's position became increasingly difficult to maintain.
ADVERB
indefinitely
This pace cannot be maintained indefinitely.
This pace cannot be maintained indefinitely.
simultaneously
They are looking to cut costs while simultaneously maintaining the existing levels of service.
They are looking to cut costs while simultaneously maintaining the existing levels of service.
successfully
He successfully maintained the financial health of the company.
He successfully maintained the financial health of the company.
easily
The company has easily maintained its position as the leading brand in the money-transfer business.
The company has easily maintained its position as the leading brand in the money-transfer business.
generally,
largely,
normally,
typically,
usually
Commercial aircraft generally maintain cabin altitudes between 6 000 and 8 000 feet.
Commercial aircraft generally maintain cabin altitudes between 6 000 and 8 000 feet.
actively
PHRASES
the duty to maintain sth,
the need to maintain sth
He emphasized the need to maintain the status quo.
He emphasized the need to maintain the status quo.
2. keep sth in good condition
Maintain is used with these nouns as the subject:
pressure
pressure
Maintain is used with these nouns as the object:
alignment, alliance, altitude, anonymity, appearance, archive, army, association, atmosphere, attitude, autonomy, balance, base, blacklist, blockade, blog, calm, charade, check, coherence, command, communication, composure, confidence, confidentiality, connection, consistency, contact, continuity, control, correspondence, credibility, culture, custom, database, dignity, discipline, distance, diversity, dividend, dominance, domination, edge, effectiveness, efficiency, enthusiasm, erection, excellence, existence, facility, fiction, fidelity, file, fitness, fleet, flexibility, flow, focus, foothold, form, formality, freedom, friendship, garden, grip, growth, harmony, health, height, hierarchy, highway, hold, house, household, humidity, identity, illusion, image, impartiality, impression, improvement, independence, individuality, inequality, initiative, innocence, insurance, intake, integrity, interest, lawn, lead, level, liaison, lifestyle, link, log, machinery, majority, membership, military, momentum, monopoly, morale, motivation, myth, network, neutrality, occupation, order, pace, partnership, patrol, peace, perspective, popularity, position, posture, practice, presence, pretence, productivity, profile, profitability, purity, quality, rate, record, regimen, register, regularity, relation, relationship, reputation, reserve, residence, rhythm, rigour, road, sanity, schedule, secrecy, semblance, sense, service, shape, silence, site, speed, stability, stance, standard, status, status quo, stock, strength, superiority, supply, supremacy, system, temperature, tension, tie, tone, tradition, truce, trust, unity, velocity, veneer, viability, vigil, vigilance, vitality, watch, website, weight
alignment, alliance, altitude, anonymity, appearance, archive, army, association, atmosphere, attitude, autonomy, balance, base, blacklist, blockade, blog, calm, charade, check, coherence, command, communication, composure, confidence, confidentiality, connection, consistency, contact, continuity, control, correspondence, credibility, culture, custom, database, dignity, discipline, distance, diversity, dividend, dominance, domination, edge, effectiveness, efficiency, enthusiasm, erection, excellence, existence, facility, fiction, fidelity, file, fitness, fleet, flexibility, flow, focus, foothold, form, formality, freedom, friendship, garden, grip, growth, harmony, health, height, hierarchy, highway, hold, house, household, humidity, identity, illusion, image, impartiality, impression, improvement, independence, individuality, inequality, initiative, innocence, insurance, intake, integrity, interest, lawn, lead, level, liaison, lifestyle, link, log, machinery, majority, membership, military, momentum, monopoly, morale, motivation, myth, network, neutrality, occupation, order, pace, partnership, patrol, peace, perspective, popularity, position, posture, practice, presence, pretence, productivity, profile, profitability, purity, quality, rate, record, regimen, register, regularity, relation, relationship, reputation, reserve, residence, rhythm, rigour, road, sanity, schedule, secrecy, semblance, sense, service, shape, silence, site, speed, stability, stance, standard, status, status quo, stock, strength, superiority, supply, supremacy, system, temperature, tension, tie, tone, tradition, truce, trust, unity, velocity, veneer, viability, vigil, vigilance, vitality, watch, website, weight