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The meaning of REMAINING is left over after a part has been destroyed, taken, used, or lost. How to use remaining in a sentence.
REMAINING meaning: 1. continuing to exist or be left after other parts or things have been used or taken away: 2…. Learn more.
1. To continue in the same state or condition: These matters remain in doubt. 2. To continue to be in the same place; stay or stay behind: We are remaining at home. 3. To be left after the removal, loss, passage, or destruction of others: Only a few trees remained after the storm. See Synonyms at stay 1. 4.
The remaining things or people out of a group are the things or people that still exist, are still present, or have not yet been dealt with.
Remaining means what's left or what hasn't been done yet. In a basketball game, you'll often hear an announcer mention how many minutes are remaining in the quarter or the game. If you have two remaining grandparents, it means two of your grandparents have died and two remain alive.
Synonyms for REMAINING: residual, lingering, lasting, leftover, surviving, staying, prevailing, persisting; Antonyms of REMAINING: dying (down), waning, subsiding, ebbing, moderating, finishing, dying, letting up.
remaining. adjective. /rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ/. /rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ/. [only before noun] still needing to be done or dealt with. The remaining twenty patients were transferred to another hospital. Any remaining tickets for the concert will be sold on the door. see also remain.
