remain
Meaning of remain
noun
- (chiefly in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.
- (in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
- Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
- State of remaining; stay.
- To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
- To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry.
- To await; to be left to.
- To continue in a state of being.
The light remained red for two full minutes.
Information about remain
- The plural form of remain is: remains.
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Hyphenation of remain
re-main
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- remain is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
remain synonyms
Meaning stay:
Meaning persist:
Meaning :
await, bide, wait, endure, last, linger, tarry
Translation of remain
- French: rester
- German: bleiben
- Spanish: quedarse, permanecer, restar, quedar
- Italian: restare, rimanere, persistere
- Portuguese: restar
Anagrams of remain
airmen, armine, Ermani, Ermina, Mainer, mainer, Marine, marine, Marnie, Mirena
Words that rhyme with remain
Main, main, Samain, amain, submain, mocmain, midmain, Tremain, baisemain, demain, legerdemain, Almain, Balmain, Maulmain, almain, Romain, codomain, domain, homeodomain, microdomain, multidomain, nanodomain, ptomain, Charmain, Germain, Jermain, germain, pearmain, watermain, dismain, mortmain, tumain
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