What does remain mean?
Definitions for remain
rɪˈmeɪnre·main
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word remain.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
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"
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"
persist, remain, stay(verb)
stay behind
"The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
Wiktionary
remain(Noun)
State of remaining; stay.
Etymology: remainen, from remain, stressed stem of remanoir, from remanere, maneo, from men-.
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-.
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-.
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-.
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-.
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-.
remain(Verb)
To await; to be left to.
Etymology: remainen, from remain, stressed stem of remanoir, from remanere, maneo, from men-.
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
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
Remain(verb)
to continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last
Remain(verb)
to await; to be left to
Remain(noun)
state of remaining; stay
Remain(noun)
that which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural
Remain(noun)
that which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body
Remain(noun)
the posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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
remain
The quantity of stores left on charge for survey, after a voyage.
Editors Contribution
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, 2020remain
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, 2020remain
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, 2019remain
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
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'remain' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1101
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'remain' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2608
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'remain' in Verbs Frequency: #83
Anagrams for remain »
airmen, Mainer, marine, Marine
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Marine
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of remain in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of remain in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of remain in a Sentence
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Translations for remain
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- بقى, بقي, مكث, يبقىArabic
- quedar-se, restarCatalan, Valencian
- zůstat, zbýtCzech
- bleiben, übrigbleiben, zurückbleibenGerman
- παραμένωGreek
- quedar, quedarse, sobrar, estar, permanecerSpanish
- بازماندن, پایداشتن, استوار بودن, ماندنPersian
- pysyä, jäädä, jäädä jäljelle, olla jäljelläFinnish
- rester, demeurer, resteFrench
- quedarGalician
- maradHungarian
- մնալArmenian
- rimanereItalian
- 残る, 居残る, 留まる, とどまるJapanese
- 머무르다Korean
- چاوهڕێ, مانهوه, مایهوهKurdish
- sto, teneo, remaneo, sedeo, maneoLatin
- blijven, achterblijven, resterenDutch
- pozostałościPolish
- resto, remanescer, ficar, permanecer, resquício, continuar, sobrar, esperar, restarPortuguese
- rămâneRomanian
- оставаться, остатьсяRussian
- ostatakSerbo-Croatian
- obstati, ostatiSlovene
- kvarlämnas, kvarbliva, stanna kvar, kvarvara, bli kvar, återstå, kvarståSwedish
- kalmakTurkish
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