maintaining

/meษชnหˆteษชnษชล‹/

IPA: /M EY0 N T EY1 N IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.

  2. 2

    To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).

  3. 3

    To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.

Antonyms

noun
  1. 1

    The act of doing maintenance.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maintain, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maintaining