Remain

  • 21remain — verb Remain is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑cause, ↑challenge, ↑danger, ↑difference, ↑disagreement, ↑doubt, ↑expression, ↑fact, ↑hope, ↑inequality, ↑loyalty, ↑ …

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  • 22remain — verb 1) the problem will remain Syn: continue, endure, last, abide, carry on, persist, stay around, survive, live on 2) he remained in hospital Syn: stay, stay behind …

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  • 23remain*/*/*/ — [rɪˈmeɪn] verb 1) [linking verb] to continue to be in a particular situation or condition The dictator has remained in power for over 20 years.[/ex] The economy remains fragile.[/ex] 2) [I] to stay in a particular place or position and not leave… …

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  • 24remain — /rəˈmeɪn / (say ruh mayn) verb (i) 1. to stay in a place: to remain at home. 2. to be left after the removal, departure, loss, etc., of another or others. 3. to be left to be done, told, etc. –verb (copular) 4. to continue in the same state;… …

  • 25remain — v.intr. 1 be left over after others or other parts have been removed or used or dealt with. 2 be in the same place or condition during further time; continue to exist or stay; be left behind (remained at home; it will remain cold). 3 (foll. by… …

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  • 26remain — Synonyms and related words: abide, balance, be found, be left, be located, be met with, be present, be situated, be still, be there, berth, bide, body, bunk, cadaver, carcass, carry on, cease not, coast, cohabit, continue, continue to be, corpse …

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  • 27remain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. stay; endure, last; continue. See remainder, durability, continuity, abode. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To stay] Syn. abide, dwell, reside, inhabit, sojourn, stop, live, tarry, wait, linger, pause, stay …

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  • 28remain — [14] Latin manēre meant ‘stay’ (it has given English manor, mansion, permanent [15], etc). Combination with the prefix re ‘back, in place’ produced remanēre ‘stay behind, remain’, which passed into English via Old French remanoir. Its present… …

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  • 29remain — verb 1》 be in the same place or condition during further time.     ↘continue to be: he remained alert. 2》 be left over after others or other parts have been used, completed, or dealt with. Origin ME: from OFr. remain , stressed stem of remanoir,… …

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  • 30remain — v 1. continue, abide, endure, last, per dure, hold up; succeed, prevail; draw out, drag on, be protracted; Inf. stay put, Inf. stand pat, be immobile, be dormant, not stir, not move, vegetate. 2. stay, wait, rest, tarry, linger, dwell, reside,… …

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