Maintain and Wait

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Maintain

Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.
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Wait and maintain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wait" instead a verb "Maintain".
Nearby Words: maintained, maintaining, maintainable, maintainability

Wait

Wait verb - To remain in place in readiness or expectation of something.
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Maintain and wait are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Maintain" instead a verb "Wait".
Nearby Words: waited, waiting, waiter

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place maintain place wait place
form maintain form wait form
cover maintain cover wait cover
army maintain army wait army
Other words: distance.

Both words in one sentence

  • Gender-Bender Friendship Since he was only thrown out so she could maintain her reputation, one wonders how she would have responded if they had been alone... wait, nevermind.
    Source: Gender-Bender Friendship
  • Literature / Lorien Legacies Of course, the Mogs already knew they were going to happen and just had to wait around for the Garde to get to Five before showing up and putting in a lame effort to maintain the illusion.
    Source: Literature / Lorien Legacies
  • They cost a whopping amount of money to maintain, but in the face of an elephant-sized artillery piece, there's not much a fortress' defenders can do but wait for the walls to collapse and the enemy to storm the castle.
    Source: Video Game / Thera
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