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maintaining

main·tain·ing

/meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ//mənˈteɪnɪŋ/

noun

The act of doing maintenance.

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Meanings

nounmaintaining (uncountable)

uncountableThe act of doing maintenance.

verb

gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of maintain

Translations

German Warten

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Turkish bakma

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with maintaining

training remaining entertaining gaining retaining complaining raining draining waning reigning planing chaining reining caning feigning craning aquatraining potty training potty untraining unpotty training unstaining

Cite this entry

APA

maintaining. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maintaining

MLA

“maintaining.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maintaining. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maintaining,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maintaining.

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