remain

Meaning

Noun

1. (in-plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.
2. (in-plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
3. Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
4. (obsolete) State of remaining; stay.

Verb

1. To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.
2. To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
3. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
4. To await; to be left to.
5. (copulative) To continue in a state of being.

Synonyms

stay

abide

keep

left

live

continue

dwell

be left

sit

🪑

be left over

rest

left over

stay behind

reside

stay on

stop

🛑

stand

be

exist

survive

linger

wait

endure

stay over

leave

leftover

persist

be detained

be kept in

stay put

last

relic

lie

go on

frequent

tarry

stick

be left behind

be in

retained

remnants

remainder

remains

maintain

hold out

occupy

hold

leftovers

give up

position

Translations

rester

bleiben

rimanere

restare

permanecer

quedar

ficar

demeurer

permanecer

quedarse

verbleiben

blijven

übrigbleiben

zurückbleiben

stare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈmeɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: remainen

Cognate with Middle English: beliven

Cognate with Old English: belīfan

Cognate with Middle English: beleven

In summary

From Middle English remainen, from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remaneō, maneō, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay”).
Displaced native Middle English beliven, bliven (“to remain”) (from Old English belīfan (“to remain, stay”)) due to confluence with related Middle English beleven (“to leave behind”), with which it merged. More at beleave and belive.

Sentences

Several of the division's units remain mobilized even to the present day .

Disused tracks remain at the end of Caminito, along Garibaldi Street .