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maintenance
What does maintenance mean?
maintenance (noun): actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce maintenance?
/ˈmeɪntənəns/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does maintenance come from?
From Middle English mayntenaunce, from Old French maintenance, from maintenir, from Latin manus tenēre (“to hold in the hand”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to maintenance
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “maintenance” mean?
the leader or head of a tribe, organization, business unit, or other group
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a group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes
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a long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost
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actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service
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