English Online Dictionary. What means remain? What does remain mean?
English
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɪˈmeɪn/
- Rhymes: -eɪn
- Hyphenation: re‧main
Noun
remain (plural remains)
- (chiefly in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.
- (in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
- Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
- (obsolete) State of remaining; stay.
Translations
Verb
remain (third-person singular simple present remains, present participle remaining, simple past and past participle remained)
- To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.
- (mathematics) 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.
- , Book I
- That […] remains to be proved.
- To await; to be left to.
- (copulative) To continue in a state of being.
Synonyms
- (to stay behind while others withdraw): linger, stay, tarry; See also Thesaurus:stay behind
- (to be left over after a portion is removed): rest, stay; See also Thesaurus:remain
- (to continue unchanged): endure, last, stay; See also Thesaurus:persist
- (to await; to be left to): await, bide, wait; See also Thesaurus:wait for
- (to continue in a state of being): stay
- belave
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Merina, Armine, Marien, Mainer, marine, Mirena, mainer, Reiman, Marine, Rieman, airmen, Minear, Amrein, Amrine, mirena, Marnie