Definitions for remain
rɪˈmeɪnre·main

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. stay, remain, rest(verb)

   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"

2. stay, stay on, continue, remain(verb)

   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"

3. remain(verb)

   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. persist, remain, stay(verb)

   stay behind

   "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

Wiktionary(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. remain(Noun)

   State of remaining; stay.

   Etymology: remainen, from remain, stressed stem of remanoir, from remanere, maneo, from men-.

2. remain(Noun)

   That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.

   Etymology: remainen, from remain, stressed stem of remanoir, from remanere, maneo, from men-.

3. remain(Noun)

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

   Etymology: remainen, from remain, stressed stem of remanoir, from remanere, maneo, from men-.

4. remain(Noun)

   The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead.

   Etymology: remainen, from remain, stressed stem of remanoir, from remanere, maneo, from men-.

5. remain(Verb)

   To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

   Etymology: remainen, from remain, stressed stem of remanoir, from remanere, maneo, from men-.

6. remain(Verb)

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

   Etymology: remainen, from remain, stressed stem of remanoir, from remanere, maneo, from men-.

7. remain(Verb)

   To await; to be left to.

   Etymology: remainen, from remain, stressed stem of remanoir, from remanere, maneo, from men-.

8. remain(Verb)

   To continue in a state of being.

   The light remained red for two full minutes.

   Etymology: remainen, from remain, stressed stem of remanoir, from remanere, maneo, from men-.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Remain(verb)

   to stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised

2. Remain(verb)

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

3. Remain(verb)

   to await; to be left to

4. Remain(noun)

   state of remaining; stay

5. Remain(noun)

   that which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural

6. Remain(noun)

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

7. Remain(noun)

   the posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Remain

   rē-mān′, v.i. to stay or be left behind: to continue in the same place: to be left after or out of a greater number: to continue in an unchanged form or condition: to last.—n. stay: abode: what is left, esp. in pl. Remains′, a corpse: the literary productions of one dead.—n. Remain′der, that which remains or is left behind after the removal of a part: the balance: an interest in an estate to come into effect after a certain other event happens: that which remains of an edition when the sale of a book has practically ceased.—adj. left over. [O. Fr. remaindre—L. remanēre—re-, back, manēre, to stay.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. remain

   The quantity of stores left on charge for survey, after a voyage.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. remain

   For a form of unity government or national unity government to choose to continue membership of the european union.

   The people of the country choose to remain a member of the european union.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 29, 2020  

2. remain

   For the collective consciousness of a country to continue their membership of the european union.

   The collective consciousness of the country choose to remain in the European union.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 29, 2020  

3. remain

   The act of being at the location we are currently for a specific purpose and amount of time.

   We do remain working at the company as we love it with a passion.

   Submitted by MaryC on December 22, 2019  

4. remain

   To choose to continue being on planet earth for living, evolving and learning eternally.

   We chose to remain as we love the idea of being on this amazing planet.

   Submitted by MaryC on December 14, 2019  

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'remain' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1101

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'remain' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2608

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'remain' in Verbs Frequency: #83

Anagrams for remain »

1. airmen, Mainer, marine, Marine

2. Airmen

3. Mainer

4. Marine

How to pronounce remain?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of remain in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of remain in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of remain in a Sentence

1. Kishor Jaiswal:

   Earthquakes remain an important threat to our economy, while the West coast may carry the larger burden of potential losses and the greatest threat from the strongest shaking, this report shows that the threat from earthquakes is widespread.

2. Kenneth Carter:

   Were better together than we are separated and fragmented, but I do understand that the forces that would separate us are very powerful, weve tried to remain together as a global body.

3. Joseph Aucoin:

   It's up to those countries, but I think it's in our best interests to make sure that those sea lines remain open, I'll leave it at that.

4. Janet Frank:

   In general, Utah Valley Hospital is an advocate for skin-to-skin contact between a mother and newborn directly after birth. Skin-to-skin is a best practice with proven benefits for both mom and baby. We do everything possible to allow skin-to-skin after both vaginal and C-section births, in the case of a C-section, where the bedside caregiver is occupied caring for the mother during surgery, an additional nurse is brought into the OR to allow the infant to remain in the OR suite with the mother. This is to ensure both patients remain safe. There is an additional charge associated with bringing an extra caregiver into the OR. The charge is not for holding the baby, but for the additional caregiver needed to maintain the highest levels of patient safety.

5. Michael WirthNow:

   We remain committed to our dividend, which is vitally important to our shareholders, not everyone in our industry has been able to say that.

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