remain

Speech parts

1. remain - Noun

2. remain - Verb

Meaning

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.

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

State of remaining; stay.

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

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

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stay last rest endure tarry continue wait persist abide linger keep hold stand survive bide
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Antonyms

march logan pike lam half-moon scot
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Hypernyms

be

Hyponyms

keep stay stand stick abide linger

Phrases with the word

remain unchanged remain calm remain standing remain seated remain silent remain to be seen

Derivatives

remained remaining

Anagrams

marine mainer Amrein Amrine Armine Marien Marnie Merina Minear mirena Reiman Rieman

Examples

After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser Source: Internet

Stay with me, please Source: Internet

despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year Source: Internet

She continued as deputy mayor for another year Source: Internet

The smell stayed in the room Source: Internet

The hostility remained long after they made up Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

remail remailer remailing remain a short distance away remain alive remain alive after