Remain

Quick meaning: Remain is a noun meaning (in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.

Meaning

(in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.

More Meanings

1. Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
2. To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.
3. (mathematics) To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
4. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
5. To await; to be left to.
6. (chiefly in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.
7. (obsolete) State of remaining; stay.

Example Sentences

Gather up the fragments that remain.

Remain a widow at thy father's house.

, Book I That […] remains to be proved.

Promise me you will always remain my good little girl.

Word Forms

• remains
• remaining
• remained
• remainest
• remainedst
• remaineth

Synonyms for remain

Depending on context, synonyms include linger, stay, tarry, rest, endure, last.

Antonyms for remain

Common opposites include leave, change.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stay, persist, continue, rest, remainder, dwell.

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