English Dictionary
Definition of “remain”
remain (rɪˈmeɪn
)
Definitions
verb (mainly intr)
- to stay behind or in the same place ⇒
to remain at home
only Tom remained
- (copula) to continue to be ⇒
to remain cheerful
- to be left, as after use, consumption, the passage of time, etc ⇒
a little wine still remained in the bottle
- to be left to be done, said, etc ⇒
it remains to be pointed out
Word Origin
C14: from Old French remanoir , from Latin remanēre to be left, from re- + manēre to stay
Translations
- British English:
remain
To remain in a particular state means to stay in that state and not change.The three men remained silent.rɪˈmeɪn VERB The three men remained silent.
- Spanish:
quedarse
v
- French:
rester
vi
- German:
verbleiben
v
- Chinese: 保持 v
- Arabic: يَبْقى v
- Portuguese: permanecer v
- Russian: оставаться v
- Croatian: ostati v
- Czech: zůstat v zůstávat
- Danish: forblive v
- Dutch: blijven v
- Finnish: jäädä v
- Greek: παραμένω v
- Italian: rimanere v
- Japanese: ･･･のままである v
- Korean: 남아 있다 v
- Norwegian: gjenstå v
- Polish: pozostać v pozostawać
- Brazilian Portuguese: permanecer v
- European Spanish:
quedarse
v
- Swedish: stanna kvar v
- Thai: คงอยู่ v
- Turkish: kalmak v
- Vietnamese: còn lại v
Usage examples
But the spy tunnels and secret ways of Buckkeep remain ours alone.
Robin Hobb, THE GOLDEN FOOL: Book Two of the Tawny Man (2002)But where Lutyens had an irrepressible drive to succeed, Falkner was happy to remain a local architect.
Country Life (2004)Yet long before Britain became ethically diverse, Ulster was; and will remain so, indefinitely.
Irish Times (2002)It doesn't give us any opportunity other than to remain stable.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
