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Get to know Maintenance better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like upkeep or support.

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Maintenance in a sentence

Maintenance meaning

  1. Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
  2. A tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.
  3. Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.

Synonyms of Maintenance

upkeep support sustenance living livelihood keep reparation mending mend fixture fixing fix repair care bread and butter

Related words

Other words often associated with Maintenance or its synonyms:

improvement resource aid hold sustain forethought charge restraint habitue observe experience improve

Using Maintenance

  • The main meaning on this page is: Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service. | A tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit. | Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
  • Useful related words include: upkeep, support, sustenance, living.
  • In the example corpus, maintenance often appears in combinations such as: maintenance of, maintenance and, and maintenance.

Context around Maintenance

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

home 3× preventative 2× highway 2× facilities 2× complete 1× special 1× bogie 1× general 1× predictive 1× termed 1×

Often after:

main 2× operator 2× involves 1× techniques 1× team 1× division 1× checks 1× budgets 1× apprentices 1× contracts 1×

Sentence patterns with Maintenance

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and general maintenance 1× and mechanical maintenance apprentices 1× and special maintenance while the 1× and the maintenance of the 1× are termed maintenance of way 1× as reintroducing maintenance grants and 1× assembled into maintenance of way 1× cleaning and maintenance of greenery 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

doug homa operations 1× elaine is focused 1× home maintenance main 1× however our significant 1× it says best 1× maintenance duty unproductive 1×

Common sentence endings:

aircraft maintenance engineers 1× an ongoing basis 1× and general maintenance 1× avoid such problems 1× coordinated maintenance activities 1× highway maintenance budgets 1×

Words around Maintenance

Just before it in the word index:

maintains 1.465 maintaining 2.898 maintaing 2 maintainers 30 maintainer 6 maintained 3.748

Just after it in the word index:

mainthe 6 mainu 3 mainville 3 mainwaring 9 mainway 2 mainyu 20

Similar in corpus frequency:

engaged 4.091 targeted 4.089 jordan 4.088 allies 4.087 wine 4.087 divided 4.084

Corpus analysis for Maintenance

  • In this selection, "maintenance" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, home, preventative, highway, main, operator and involves stand out and add context to how "maintenance" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and general maintenance, and mechanical maintenance apprentices, aircraft maintenance, highway maintenance and maintenance work. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "maintenance" sits close to words such as engaged, targeted and jordan, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with maintenance

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

These include electrical maintenance and mechanical maintenance apprentices. (8 words)

Modernising maintenance: Staying up-to-date with the latest maintenance processes is essential. (13 words)

Vancouver is Awesome they are investing in more highway maintenance and making improvements towards maintenance contracts. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Moeller also gave a price breakdown for the entirety of the project, as well as discussing the maintenance of the current track and football field, and the maintenance of the new project. (32 words)

Missile maintenance occurs in the United States, while the UK Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston was responsible for all the design, construction and installation, as well as maintenance of the warheads. (31 words)

The contracted agency will be responsible for complete maintenance of the roads, from laying of roads to maintenance, from building footpaths to cleaning and maintenance of greenery. (27 words)

Example sentences (20)

The contracted agency will be responsible for complete maintenance of the roads, from laying of roads to maintenance, from building footpaths to cleaning and maintenance of greenery.

The Thane depot will carry out daily, monthly and special maintenance while the Sabarmati depot and workshop will cater to bogie maintenance and general maintenance.

Home maintenance main Home maintenance involves the diagnosis and resolution of problems in a home, and is related to home maintenance to avoid such problems.

Maintenance main Homemakers that follow predictive maintenance techniques determine the condition of in-service equipment in order to predict when maintenance should be performed.

Rail cars and machinery used for maintenance and repair of tracks, etc., are termed maintenance of way equipment; these may be assembled into maintenance of way trains.

According to him, the road maintenance team is conducting maintenance and temporary measures on an ongoing basis.

Doug Homa, operations, maintenance division chief for the post, said the smaller test showed that preventative maintenance checks and services are working.

Elaine is focused on ensuring continued maintenance of town roads — so maintenance does not accrue and threaten driver safety and tax money inefficiency.

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However, our significant investment locally on highways maintenance has been undermined by cuts in national highway maintenance budgets.

These include electrical maintenance and mechanical maintenance apprentices.

Town of Frisco Public Works Department is hiring for the following year-round positions: -Facilities Maintenance Operator -Grounds Maintenance Operator -Gro.

Vancouver is Awesome they are investing in more highway maintenance and making improvements towards maintenance contracts.

He said the energy companies may need periodic maintenance but all have been placed on schedule by the DOE to ensure coordinated maintenance activities.

It says best practices dictate government agencies should spend 30% of facilities maintenance money on repairs and 70% on preventative maintenance projects.

Maintenance Duty: Unproductive Do Maintenance — Another great option as it decreases materials demand while increasing production efficiency.

Maintenance organisations, particularly those in regional areas, were "struggling to employ and retain" aircraft maintenance engineers.

Missile maintenance occurs in the United States, while the UK Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston was responsible for all the design, construction and installation, as well as maintenance of the warheads.

Modernising maintenance: Staying up-to-date with the latest maintenance processes is essential.

Moeller also gave a price breakdown for the entirety of the project, as well as discussing the maintenance of the current track and football field, and the maintenance of the new project.

Organisations like Universities UK have put forward positive ideas, such as reintroducing maintenance grants and restoring the value of maintenance loans so they keep up with inflation.

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Common combinations with maintenance

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "maintenance" in a sentence?
An example: "The contracted agency will be responsible for complete maintenance of the roads, from laying of roads to maintenance, from building footpaths to cleaning and maintenance of greenery." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "maintenance" from authentic English texts.
What does "maintenance" mean?
Maintenance means: Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
What are synonyms of "maintenance"?
Common synonyms of "maintenance" include: upkeep, support, sustenance, living, livelihood, keep, reparation, mending. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "maintenance" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "maintenance", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.