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remain

re·main

UK/ɹɪˈmeɪn/ US/riˈmeɪn/ common

verb

1.

stay the same; remain in a certain state

  • “The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it”
  • “rest assured”
  • “stay alone”
  • “He remained unmoved by her tears”
  • “The bad weather continued for another week”
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2.

continue in a place, position, or situation

  • “After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser”
  • “Stay with me, please”
  • “despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year”
  • “She continued as deputy mayor for another year”
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3.

be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.

  • “There remains the question of who pulled the trigger”
  • “Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war”
4.

stay behind

  • “The smell stayed in the room”
  • “The hostility remained long after they made up”
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Origin

From Middle English remainen, from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remaneō, maneō, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay”). Displaced native Middle English beliven, bliven (“to remain”) (from Old English belīfan (“to remain, stay”)) due to confluence with related Middle English beleven (“to leave behind”), with which it merged. More at beleave and belive.

Phrases

  • remain to be seen
  • right to remain silent

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