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   remain

   /rɪˈmeɪn/

   verb

   • 1. continue to exist, especially after other similar people or things have ceased to do so: "a cloister is all that remains of the monastery" Similar continue to existendurelastabidego oncarry onpersisthang in the airstay around/roundstandbe extanthold outprevailsurvivelive onOpposite cease to exist
   • ▪ stay in the place that one has been occupying: "her husband remained at the flat in Regent's Park" Similar staystay behindstay putwaitwait aroundlingerbe lefthold onhang onreststopinformal:hang around/roundhang aboutformal:sojournarchaic:bidetarryOpposite godepartleave
   • ▪ continue to possess a particular quality or fulfil a particular role: "he had remained alert the whole time" Similar continue to bestaykeeppersist in beingcarry on beinggo on being
   • 2. be left over or outstanding after others or other parts have been completed, used, or dealt with: "a more intractable problem remains" Similar be leftbe left overbe still availablebe unusedhave not yet passedhave not yet expired

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remanere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + manere ‘to stay’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

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