how to pronounce maintains

/mɛɪnˈtɛɪnz/

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maintains is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of maintains in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… one maintains that erotic connection is …”

meanings of maintains

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maintain.

maintains frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word maintains occurs in english on average 4.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics maintains can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that maintains can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;