MAINTAINED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maintained mean? 

• MAINTAINED (adjective)
  The adjective MAINTAINED has 2 senses:

1. kept in good condition

2. continued in your keeping or use or memory

  Familiarity information: MAINTAINED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAINTAINED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Kept in good condition

Synonyms:

kept up; maintained; well-kept

Similar:

preserved (kept intact or in a particular condition)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Continued in your keeping or use or memory

Synonyms:

maintained; retained

Context example:

in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered

Similar:

preserved (kept intact or in a particular condition)

 Context examples 

I studied her myself, and though it was I who maintained the conversation, I know that I was a bit shy, not quite self-possessed.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Controlled levels of signaling through ErbB and other growth factor receptors are maintained by keeping a relatively limited amount of receptors at the cell surface.

(ErbB3 Receptor Recycling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Elevation of calcium functions as a major second messenger, where the intracellular concentration of calcium can be maintained at extremely low levels and subsequently increased following specific calcium-mobilizing stimuli.

(Calmodulin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

I maintained a grave silence for some minutes.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

During G2 phase, Cdc2 is maintained in an inactive state by the kinases Wee1 and Mt1.

(G2/M Checkpoint Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

An indication that a medication schedule was maintained.

(Dose Not Changed, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The researchers found that there are many areas of the genome that define each species, and these are maintained by natural selection, which weeds out the foreign genes.

(Butterflies are genetically wired to choose a mate that looks just like them, University of Cambridge)

These effects were maintained even in the absence of stimulation.

(Spinal cord stimulation helps paralyzed people move hands, NIH)

A penal institution maintained by the government.

(Correctional Institute, NCI Thesaurus)

Northern Africa maintained a land connection with South America, but southern Africa slowly became more isolated until the continents completely separated 95-105 million years ago.

(Paleontologists discover new species of sauropod dinosaur in Tanzania, National Science Foundation)