Like and Maintain

Like

Like verb - To wish to have.

Maintain and like are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Maintain" instead a verb "Like".

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

Maintain

Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.

Like and maintain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Like" instead a verb "Maintain".

Common collocations

attitude like attitude maintain attitude
power like power maintain power
life like life maintain life
kind like kind maintain kind
Other words: look.

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / Rango However the bats count for this trope too, being able to fly like jet planes and maintain a close enough formation to look like a hawk.
  • Manga / Bokura Wa Minna Kawaisou She makes it sound like she's dating Usa, while he tries to maintain his innocence in it, and the other guy's anger understandably gets thrown on Usa instead.
  • That said, they still maintain close ties with the brutally dogmatic Inquisition, and they have a very backwards view of things like scientific development.
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