remain
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[edit] English
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| appearance | period | William | #715: remain | covered | born | somewhat |
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹɪˈmeɪn/
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- Rhymes: -eɪn
- Hyphenation: re‧main
[edit] Etymology
From Old French remain, stem of remanoir, from Latin remanere.
[edit] Noun
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remain (plural remains)
- State of remaining; stay.
- That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
- (plural only; not used in singular form) remains: That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
- The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead.
[edit] Translations
State of remaining; stay
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That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural
The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead
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- French: reste
- German: Überrest m. (2), Überreste m. (3) sterbliche Überreste m. (3)
- Swedish: kvarblivande (1), kvarbliva (2), kvarlevor (3), kvarlåtenskap (4)
[edit] Verb
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to remain (third-person singular simple present remains, present participle remaining, simple past and past participle remained)
- 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.
- To await; to be left to.
- (copulative) To continue in a state of being.
- The light remained red for two full minutes.
[edit] Translations
to stay behind while others withdraw
to continue unchanged
To await; to be left to
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- Albanian: mbetur, tepruar, ngelur
- French: rester
- German: zurückbleiben (1), übrigbleiben (1)
- Portuguese: restar (1)
- Spanish: restar, sobrar
- Swedish: stanna kvar (1, 2), kvarlämnas (1)
