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   Re·main

   /rəˈmān/

   

   verb

   • 1. continue to exist, especially after other similar or related people or things have ceased to exist: "a cloister is all that remains of the monastery" Similar continue to existendurelastabidego oncarry onpersisthang in the airstay aroundstandbe extanthold outprevailsurvivelive onOpposite cease to exist
   • ▪ stay in the place that one has been occupying: "her husband remained at the beach condo" Similar staystay behindstay putwaitwait aroundlingerbe lefthold onhang onreststopinformal:hang aroundformal:sojournarchaic:bidetarryOpposite godepartleave
   • ▪ continue to possess a particular quality or fulfill a particular role: "he had remained alert the whole time" Similar continue to bestaykeeppersist in beingcarry on beinggo on being
   • ▪ be left over after others or other parts have been completed, used, or dealt with: "several years remain in the transition period" Similar be leftbe left overbe still availablebe unusedhave not yet passedhave not yet expired

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remanere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + manere ‘to stay’.

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