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# maintained

verb, past tense and past participle of maintain (maintain, maintains, maintained, maintaining); adjective (well-maintained)

«maintained» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Kept in good condition by checking and repairing it: a well-maintained car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintained/#m1)
2. Kept at the same level or speed: She maintained a speed of 10 km an hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintained/#m2)
3. Kept saying that something is true: He maintained that he was innocent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintained/#m3)
4. Paid for and looked after: The park is maintained by the council. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintained/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths and science problems «maintained a speed of» means the speed stayed the same, so distance = speed × time. In everyday life roads, bikes and gardens are maintained. In formal exam voice «it is maintained that» means «people say». Noun: maintenance.

### Examples

- The runner maintained a steady pace all the way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintained/#x1)
- The car maintained 60 miles an hour for 2 hours, so it went 120 miles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintained/#x2)
- Their garden is beautifully maintained. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintained/#x3)
- The bridge is maintained by the city council. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintained/#x4)
- He maintained that he had not taken the cake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintained/#x5)
- The temperature was maintained at 20 degrees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintained/#x6)
- A well-maintained bike is safer to ride. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintained/#x7)
- The owner maintained that he had let the Ass only, and not his Shadow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintained/#x8)

### Note

Spelling: maintained, but noun maintenance (no «ai» in the middle). «Maintain» in a problem means «no change»: a speed maintained for 3 hours is the same in every hour.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In the psalm, "maintained my right and my cause" means that God defended the speaker's rightful claim as a just Judge. The tradition reads this as God sitting on His throne and judging fairly for those wronged. In the primary lessons: In maths and science problems «maintained a speed of» means the speed stayed the same, so distance = speed × time. In everyday life roads, bikes and gardens are maintained. In formal exam voice «it is maintained that» means «people say». Noun: maintenance.

### Examples

- 23) The ancient philosophers maintained that if God is the first cause, and He is necessarily, He, the immediate effect of Him, as an absolute unity, (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maintained/#x1)
- For Thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sattest upon the throne as the righteous Judge. (Writings PSA.9.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maintained/#x2)

### Note

Spelling: maintained, but noun maintenance (no «ai» in the middle). «Maintain» in a problem means «no change»: a speed maintained for 3 hours is the same in every hour.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «maintained» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintained/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«maintained» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/maintained.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «maintained» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maintained/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«maintained» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/maintained.html) on Mova free.