Remain meaning

What does “remain” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“remain” is a verb with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: stay the same; remain in a certain state.

remain

verb

  1. stay the same; remain in a certain state

    “The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it”

    “rest assured”

    Synonymsstayrest
  2. continue in a place, position, or situation

    “After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser”

    “Stay with me, please”

  3. be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.

    “There remains the question of who pulled the trigger”

    “Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war”

  4. stay behind

    “The smell stayed in the room”

    “The hostility remained long after they made up”

    Synonymspersiststay

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University