remain

Meaning

Noun

1. That which is left; relic; remainder.
2. 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. To continue in a state of being.

Hyphenated as

re‧main

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈmeɪn/

Etymology

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.