English–Dutch dictionary

Dutch translation of the English word maintain one’s point

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EnglishDutch (translated indirectly)Esperanto
(argue; contend; put forward; put forward arguments);
(conserve; keep; preserve; cache; save; store);
(continue; proceed with; sustain; resume; get on)
(insist; affirm; dwell);
🔗 My girl maintains that while horoscopes in newspapers may be rubbish, astrology as a whole is not.
(be obstinate; be stubborn; persist; dig one’s heels in)
koppig volhouden
; ;
zich schrap zetten
(look after; take care of; care for; attend);
(support; sustain; countenance; espouse; uphold; stand by; back up; advocate; be behind; prop up)
(hang onto; hold; retain; keep; have)
(assert; state; allege; claim; affirm; aver)
🔗 The US and others maintain the strait is international waters under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
🔗 T’sais dropped the point of her sword to the ground.
(mark)
🔗 His approval rating in Iowa has dropped a staggering 21 points since he took office.
(count)
🔗 The first two points are of little importance.
🔗 At that point it will be hard not to ask the question: What on earth has all this been for?
(dot; period; spot; locus; moment; full stop; stop); ;

EnglishDutch
maintain one’s point⇆ op zijn stuk blijven staan; ⇆ volhouden
maintain⇆ bewaren; ⇆ beweren; ⇆ handhaven; ⇆ hooghouden; ⇆ houden; ⇆ in stand houden; ⇆ onderhóúden; ⇆ op peil houden; ⇆ ophouden; ⇆ staande houden; ⇆ steunen; ⇆ verdedigen; ⇆ volhouden
point⇆ aanleggen; ⇆ aanpunten; ⇆ duiden; ⇆ een punt maken aan; ⇆ etsnaald; ⇆ geweitak; ⇆ interpungeren; ⇆ landpunt; ⇆ naald; ⇆ naaldkant; ⇆ onderstrepen; ⇆ oog; ⇆ op treffende wijze illustreren; ⇆ pointe; ⇆ punt; ⇆ punten; ⇆ puntje; ⇆ richten; ⇆ scherpen; ⇆ spits; ⇆ spitsen; ⇆ staan; ⇆ stift; ⇆ stip; ⇆ stippen; ⇆ stopcontact; ⇆ streek; ⇆ tak; ⇆ van punten voorzien; ⇆ voegen; ⇆ wijzen; ⇆ wijzen met