"remain" Definition

Definitions for the word "remain" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. i.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To await; to be left to.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
State of remaining; stay.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v.
1 be left over after others or other parts have been removed, used, or dealt with. 2 be in the same place or condition during further time; stay (remained at home). 3 (foll. By compl.) Continue to be (remained calm; remains president). [latin remaneo]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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