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" I get up in the morning and I kind of go, 'Man, I feel like going on a five mile run!' And the thing for me is I enjoy running... I understand what maintenance means, and maintenance means you have to do cardio, but the most important thing that you have to do for your body as you get older is you have to eat right."
Justin Deeley

Meaning of "maintenance" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAINTENANCE

From Old French.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MAINTENANCE

ˈmeɪntɪnəns


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAINTENANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maintenance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAINTENANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of maintenance in the English dictionary

The first definition of maintenance in the dictionary is the act of maintaining or the state of being maintained. Other definition of maintenance is a means of support; livelihood. Maintenance is also of or relating to the maintaining of buildings, machinery, etc.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAINTENANCE

abstinence · appurtenance · continence · countenance · discountenance · dominance · eminence · illuminance · imminence · impertinence · inabstinence · incontinence · luminance · ordinance · pertinence · predominance · prominence · provenance · purtenance · self-maintenance

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAINTENANCE

mainstream · mainstream corporation tax · mainstreaming · mainstreeting · maintain · maintainability · maintainable · maintained school · maintainer · maintenance allowance · maintenance contract · maintenance costs · maintenance crew · maintenance grant · maintenance man · maintenance men · maintenance order · Maintenon · maintop · maintopsail

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAINTENANCE

advance · alternance · car maintenance · care and maintenance · clinical governance · corporate governance · dissonance · electron paramagnetic resonance · finance · governance · high-maintenance · magnetic resonance · nance · nuclear magnetic resonance · ordnance · ordonnance · penance · refinance · resonance · sonance · sustenance

Synonyms and antonyms of maintenance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MAINTENANCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «maintenance» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «maintenance» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF MAINTENANCE

Find out the translation of maintenance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of maintenance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «maintenance» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

维护
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

mantenimiento
570 millions of speakers
en

English

maintenance
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

रखरखाव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صِيَانَةٌ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

техническое обслуживание
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

manutenção
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

রক্ষণাবেক্ষণ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

entretien
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Penyelenggaraan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Instandhaltung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

維持
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

유지보수
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Pangopènan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự duy trì
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பராமரிப்பு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

देखभाल
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

bakım
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

manutenzione
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

utrzymanie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

обслуговування
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

întreținere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συντήρηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onderhoud
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

underhåll
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

opprettholdelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of maintenance

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAINTENANCE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of maintenance
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «maintenance».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about maintenance

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «MAINTENANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word maintenance.
1
Robert Atkins
Fruit is definitely on the maintenance diet. It's on the lifestyle diet.
2
Matt Barr
I'm really low maintenance when it comes to my clothes and what I wear. I definitely take care of my body, not so much for how I look, but I just like the feel of exercising and being healthy and having energy. That's why I work out all the time.
3
Valerie Bertinelli
I'm excellent at losing weight, but I've never been excellent at maintenance. I have some better days than others in terms of being hypervigilant, but with maintenance you don't know if you've been good at it until you're done.
4
Manolo Blahnik
Maintenance is terribly important.
5
Alison Brie
I think I used to be lower maintenance. I think I'm slowly becoming higher maintenance.
6
Fred Brooks
The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial chance of introducing another.
7
Betty Buckley
There's a lot of maintenance that goes into being a professional singer.
8
John Bytheway
My own back yard, and my mom and dad's back yard, is where I learned about tomatoes and weeds and daily maintenance.
9
Chris Carter
The real challenge in doing a TV show is in what I would call the maintenance energy. You take that creative energy and you use it every week, of course. But you then need to maintain the quality of the stories, and it's harder to do.
10
Justin Deeley
I get up in the morning and I kind of go, 'Man, I feel like going on a five mile run!' And the thing for me is I enjoy running... I understand what maintenance means, and maintenance means you have to do cardio, but the most important thing that you have to do for your body as you get older is you have to eat right.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAINTENANCE»

Discover the use of maintenance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maintenance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
This book also discusses the manpower planning and energy conservation in maintenance management.
R. C. MISHRA, K. PATHAK, 2012
2
Maintenance Fundamentals
This book shows the engineer how to select, install, maintain, and troubleshoot critical plant machinery, equipment, and systems.
R. Keith Mobley, 2011
3
Maintenance Strategy
This book aims to provide the plant engineer with a comprehensive and systematic approach, a framework of guidelines, for tackling this problem, i.e. for deciding maintenance objectives, formulating equipment life plans and plant ...
Anthony Kelly, 1997
4
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, this modern epic became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1974, transforming a generation and continuing to inspire millions.
Robert M. Pirsig, 2009
5
Facility Manager's Maintenance Handbook
The only book of its kind to cover both operations and maintenance, the updated Facility Manager's Maintenance Handbook features: Updated information on mechanical equipment and systems maintenance The latest fire protection procedures A ...
Bernard Lewis, Richard Payant, 2007
6
Maintenance Management of Heavy Duty Construction Plant and ...
This book provides succinct guidance on the management of the maintenance of construction plant, bringing together information which is only currently found dispersed amongst other publications.
David Edwards, Gary Holt, Frank Harris, 1998
7
Industrial Machinery Repair: Best Maintenance Practices ...
Each subject is reduced to it simplest terms so that it will be suitable for the broadest range of users. Since this book is not specific to any one type of industrial plant and is useful in any type of facility.
Ricky Smith, R. Keith Mobley, 2003
8
Maintenance Organization and Systems
This book explains, in a clear and concise manner, the various organization structures that are needed for doing just that, the information systems with which those structures will need to be resourced, and the steps that will have to be ...
Anthony Kelly, 1997
9
Aviation Maintenance Management
This is a practical approach to, and com­prehensive examination of, the problems that face the aviation supervisor.
Frank H. King, 1986
10
Medical Equipment Maintenance: Management and Oversight
This book presents the basic elements of medical equipment maintenance and management required of healthcare leaders responsible for managing or overseeing this function.
Binseng Wang, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAINTENANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term maintenance is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Seven ways to fight the maintenance grant cut | Education | The …
The government has announced that they are scrapping maintenance grants and converting them into loans – a move that will push those from ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Poor maintenance, old systems to blame for Booysens train crash …
JOHANNESBURG - The railway safety regulator admitted that South Africa's railway infrastructure is ageing and that not enough maintenance ... «eNCA, Jul 15»
3
Train Hits Maintenance Vehicle in Md.; No Injuries Reported - ABC …
Police and transit officials say a commuter train struck a maintenance vehicle on the tracks in a Maryland suburb of Washington, stranding ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
4
Maintenance done on faulty signal but not verified‚ train crash report …
“There were no other reported faults on this signal until the day of the collision. No maintenance was done on this signal since the last fault.”. «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
5
Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant Goes Offline for Maintenance Work
The timing of this maintenance outage was coordinated with the Southwest Power Pool to ensure reliability of the electrical grid. «1011now, Jul 15»
6
Boeing to establish maintenance base in China - The Economic Times
Global aircraft maker Boeing will build a big maintenance base in central China where 12 planes can be repaired simultaneously. «Economic Times, Jul 15»
7
City awards bids for street maintenance program | Morris Herald-News
The City Council voted 7-0 to award a bid of $732,449.49 to “D” Construction of Coal City for the city's annual street maintenance. Of that, the ... «Morris Daily Herald, Jul 15»
8
City to employ inmates for roadside vegetation maintenance program
The City of Morgan Hill is partnering with CalFire on a summer pilot program to employ inmates for roadside vegetation maintenance, ... «Morgan Hill Times, Jul 15»
9
MARC train strikes maintenance vehicle, causing delays on …
A crash involving a commuter train headed toward Frederick and a maintenance vehicle in Montgomery County created hourslong delays ... «Frederick News Post, Jul 15»
10
NUS launches campaign against Government decision to scrap …
The National Union of Students (NUS) has launched a campaign to protest against the Government's decision to scrap student maintenance ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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