noun · neutral
maintenance
/ˈmeɪn.tə.nəns/MAIN·te·nance
the work needed to keep equipment or buildings in good condition
Examples
“Regular maintenance of infrastructure prevents costly failures.”
“The trains are out of service for routine maintenance this week.”
“Maintenance costs for older buses are increasing every year.”
Band 8 sentence
“Allocating sufficient funding for maintenance is essential if cities want public transport to be reliable.”
Collocations
- regular maintenance
- maintenance costs
Word family
Common mistakes
There are many maintenances scheduled this month.→There is a lot of maintenance scheduled this month.
We need to maintainance the buses regularly.→We need to maintain the buses regularly.
Say it for a higher band
5fixing→6repair→7+maintenance
Synonyms
upkeep
Easily confused
repair
“They called a mechanic to repair the faulty engine.”
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