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Remain
rɪˈmeɪn
Remain definitions
verb
remain
remained
remaining
remains
- continue to exist, especially after other similar people or things have ceased to do so
"a cloister is all that remains of the monastery"
continue to exist endure last abide go on carry on persist hang in the air stay around/round stand be extant hold out prevail survive live on residual surviving left left over unused surviving lasting enduring continuing persisting lingering abiding long-lived (still) existing extant in existence living lifelong long-term perennial- stay in the place that one has been occupying
"her husband remained at the flat in Regent's Park"
- continue to possess a particular quality or fulfil a particular role
"he had remained alert the whole time"
- be left over or outstanding after others or other parts have been completed, used, or dealt with
"a more intractable problem remains"
be left be left over be still available be unused unsettled outstanding unresolved unfinished incomplete to be done undone not done unattended to