Word: maintained
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: main
tained
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of maintain; keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,
Morphemes:
Affix: maintain
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: manū
Language: la
Decoded: manu
Meaning: with the hand
Affix: teneō
Language: la
Decoded: teneo
Meaning: I hold
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.