remain
- to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- to stay behind or in the same place: to remain at home; I'll remain here when you go to the airport.
- to be left after the removal, loss, destruction, etc., of all else: The front wall is all that remains of the fort.
- to be left to be done, told, shown, etc.: Only the dishwashing remains.
- to be reserved or in store.
- Usually remains. something that remains or is left.
- remains,
- miscellaneous, fragmentary, or other writings still unpublished at the time of an author's death.
- traces of some quality, condition, etc.
- a dead body; corpse.
- parts or substances remaining from animal or plant life that occur in the earth's crust or strata: fossil remains; organic remains.
Origin of remain
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leftoveroutstandingsurvivingextrarestinghaltingstoppingwaitingsparelingeringleftresidualunusedvestigialExamples from the Web for remaining
Contemporary Examples
Their logic: the sea-creature would come alive and drink up any remaining alcohol.
Fold over the edges and crimp, then trim any remaining excess.
Once hot, add the shallots, apples, cranberries, and remaining cranberry juice to the pan.
Today, there are only about 30,000 remaining, as they have disappeared from twenty-six countries.
Her destination was Corcoran, California, where Charles Manson is spending his remaining days in a state prison.
Historical Examples
They filled two bottles they had remaining with the precious fluid.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
Among the remaining symbols is the cross of four equal arms.
The Non-Christian CrossJohn Denham Parsons
And, as for my own pleasure, I shall best consult it by remaining precisely where I am.
Main StreetNathaniel Hawthorne
Nor is Battle Abbey the only remaining monument of Hastings.
Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward IICharlotte Mary Yonge
The remaining four and a half companies continued to advance.
The Story of the Malakand Field ForceSir Winston S. Churchill
remain
- to stay behind or in the same placeto remain at home; only Tom remained
- (copula) to continue to beto remain cheerful
- to be left, as after use, consumption, the passage of time, etca little wine still remained in the bottle
- to be left to be done, said, etcit remains to be pointed out
Word Origin
Word Origin and History for remaining
remain
v.
early 15c., from Anglo-French remayn-, Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir "stay, dwell, remain; be left; hold out," from Latin remanere "to remain, to stay behind; be left behind; endure, abide, last" (cf. Spanish remaner, Italian rimanere), from re- "back" (see re-) + manere "to stay, remain" (see mansion). Related: Remained; remaining.
remain
n.
"those left over or surviving," mid-15c., from Middle French remain, back-formation from Old French remanoir, remaindre, or else formed in Middle English from remain (v.). But the more usual noun in English has been remainder except in remains, euphemism for "corpse," attested from c.1700, from mortal remains.