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# maintenance

noun (maintenance — uncountable)

«maintenance» 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. Work done to keep a building, machine, road and so on in good working order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintenance/#m1)
2. (UK, Ireland, Australia) Money paid regularly by one parent to help look after a child after a divorce or separation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintenance/#m2)
3. Keeping something at the same level (weight maintenance). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintenance/#m3)
4. Maintenance can also mean the food and supplies that keep a person or household alive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintenance/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: bike maintenance, car maintenance, the maintenance team fixing a leaking roof at school. In safety: machines and lifts need regular maintenance. Phrases: under maintenance, maintenance work, low maintenance (needs little care), high maintenance (needs a lot of care or attention, sometimes said of people, informally).

### Examples

- The pool is closed for maintenance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintenance/#x1)
- Bike maintenance includes pumping tyres and oiling the chain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintenance/#x2)
- The school's maintenance man fixed the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintenance/#x3)
- The website is down for maintenance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintenance/#x4)
- A cactus is a low-maintenance plant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintenance/#x5)
- Regular maintenance keeps the lifts safe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintenance/#x6)
- Dad pays maintenance for my brother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintenance/#x7)
- A JACKDAW, seeing some Doves in a cote abundantly provided with food, painted himself white and joined them in order to share their plentiful maintenance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maintenance/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable. Verb: maintain — spelling trap: maintain but mainTENance (not "maintainance"). "High maintenance" about a person is informal and a bit rude.

## In Jewish tradition

In everyday life: bike maintenance, car maintenance, the maintenance team fixing a leaking roof at school. In safety: machines and lifts need regular maintenance. Phrases: under maintenance, maintenance work, low maintenance (needs little care), high maintenance (needs a lot of care or attention, sometimes said of people, informally).

### Examples

- And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; and maintenance for thy maidens. (Writings PRO.27.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/maintenance/#x1)

### Note

Uncountable. Verb: maintain — spelling trap: maintain but mainTENance (not "maintainance"). "High maintenance" about a person is informal and a bit rude.

## On Mova

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