remain

UK /ɹɪˈmeɪn/ US /ɹɪˈmeɪn/
verb 5noun 4

Definitions

noun

1

That which is left; relic; remainder.

2

That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.

3

Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.

4

State of remaining; stay.

verb

1

To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.

After three rounds of interviews, only 5 candidates remained.

I like to make more than enough food if I have people round for dinner, so I can eat my way through what remains in the following days.

2

To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

If you divide 20 apples between three people, each gets six and two remain.

3

To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.

Promise me you will always remain my good little girl.

Remain a widow at thy father's house.

4

To await; to be left to.

5

To continue in a state of being.

There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry.

The light remained red for two full minutes.

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