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Remain   /rɪmˈeɪn/  /rimˈeɪn/   Listen
Remain

verb
(past & past part. remained; pres. part. remaining)
1.
Stay the same; remain in a certain state.  Synonyms: rest, stay.  "Rest assured" , "Stay alone" , "He remained unmoved by her tears" , "The bad weather continued for another week"
2.
Continue in a place, position, or situation.  Synonyms: continue, stay, stay on.  "Stay with me, please" , "Despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year" , "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
3.
Be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc..  "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"
4.
Stay behind.  Synonyms: persist, stay.  "The hostility remained long after they made up"



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"Remain" Quotes from Famous Books



... "We shall remain here two days, sir," said Captain Osborn to Mr. Seagrave, "if you and Mrs. Seagrave would ...
— Masterman Ready • Captain Marryat
... "It must remain a secret," was the reply. "Our discourse yesterday evening was so thoughtful, so sad, I could not sleep. I arose hours before you this morning, ere daylight streaked the sky. Dear Sisters, how shocked you will be to hear I wept; but now I have determined. If my gift succeed I will tell you all ...
— The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales • Mrs. Alfred Gatty
... having made arrangements for my family to remain in Lancaster, I proceeded, via Columbus, Cincinnati, and Louisville, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where I reported for duty to Governor Wickliffe, who, by virtue of his office, was the president of the Board of Supervisors of the new institution over which I was called ...
— Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals, Complete • U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, P. H. Sheridan
... such a number of years, that, when Death sent a royal invitation to his senior, he was so accustomed to the old form, that he, and all in his employment, tacitly agreed it was only fitting he should remain junior ...
— The Uninhabited House • Mrs. J. H. Riddell
... trying to be inspired by the concepts of middle-class morality ... or what was even worse, I was attempting to glorify the under-dog; who, if he were the demigod Socialists portray him, would by no means remain the under-dog. ...
— Tramping on Life - An Autobiographical Narrative • Harry Kemp


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