Definition: support against an opponent
Usage: The appellate court upheld the verdict
Similar words: reassert, confirm
Definition: strengthen or make more firm
Usage: The witnesses confirmed the victim's account
Synonyms: assert, asseverate, maintain
Definition: state categorically
Similar words: take a firm stand, insist
Definition: be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
Usage: I must insist!
Definition: state or assert
Usage: He maintained his innocence
Similar words: affirm
Definition: say yes to
Definition: maintain by writing regular records
Usage: keep a diary; maintain a record; keep notes
Synonyms: sustain, maintain, keep
Definition: supply with necessities and support
Usage: She alone sustained her family; The money will sustain our good cause; There's little to earn and many to keep
Similar words: hold, have, have got
Definition: have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
Usage: She has $1,000 in the bank; He has got two beautiful daughters; She holds a Master's degree from Harvard
Definition: maintain for use and service
Usage: I keep a car in the countryside; She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips
Similar words: hold, have, have got
Definition: have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
Usage: She has $1,000 in the bank; He has got two beautiful daughters; She holds a Master's degree from Harvard
Synonyms: exert, maintain, wield
Definition: have and exercise
Usage: wield power and authority
Similar words: hold, have, have got
Definition: have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
Usage: She has $1,000 in the bank; He has got two beautiful daughters; She holds a Master's degree from Harvard
Synonyms: preserve, maintain, keep up, conserve
Definition: keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
Usage: We preserve these archeological findings; The old lady could not keep up the building; children must be taught to conserve our national heritage; The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts
Similar words: keep
Definition: look after; be the keeper of; have charge of
Usage: He keeps the shop when I am gone