Maintenance meaning in English

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Definition

(car) maintenance: (car) upkeep, care, repairs noun

a maintenance contract a contract where the car dealer will pay for any repairs for a stated amount of time

a maintenance crew a team of people who repair cars

Examples

"and carry out maintenance on machinery..."
"These companies are saving millions each year on application development and maintenance, and of course personnel costs."

Exercise 1

Dictation time! Fill in the lyrics for the 2nd verse!

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I determine (5 words)
I (6 words)
I (4 words)
machinery... (5 words)

Dictation time! Fill in the lyrics for the 2nd verse!

Feel free to listen to the song again!

I determine the quantity of perfumes produced (5 words)
I inspect the quality of finished goods (6 words)
I optimise schedules and efficiency (4 words)
and carry out maintenance on machinery... (5 words)

Exercise 2

"It's called troubleshooting, you idiot!"

What does 'troubleshooting describe?

Using firearms to resolve a problem.

Searching for the source of a problem and correcting it.

Performing regular maintenance to protect against any potential problems.

Writing software as a protection against any bugs or viruses.

I don't know

"It's called troubleshooting, you idiot!"

What does 'troubleshooting describe?

Using firearms to resolve a problem.

This is not the correct definition of "troubleshooting". Jean misunderstands Bob's request and thinks that "troubleshooting" literally means "to shoot troubles". His use of a gun (a type of firearm) is not the correct way to troubleshoot.

Searching for the source of a problem and correcting it.

This is correct. "Troubleshooting" (literally the destruction of errors or problems) is form of problem solving: a process of finding and eliminating any problems or repairing failed products or processes. It is a procedure that is usually found in computing to discover the source of any bugs and to eliminate them. Bruno indicates this to Jean by saying "You do (troubleshooting) to fix problems with computers."

Performing regular maintenance to protect against any potential problems.

This is not the correct definition of "troubleshooting". "Troubleshooting" occurs when a bug or problem is discovered, it does not describe the process of regular maintenance to guard against any potential problems.

Writing software as a protection against any bugs or viruses.

This is not the correct definition of "troubleshooting". "Troubleshooting" occurs when a bug or problem is discovered, it does not describe the process of writing a program to protect against any bugs or viruses.

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