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remain
Definitions
[rɪˈmeɪn], (Verb)
Definitions:
- continue to exist, especially after other similar people or things have ceased to do so
(e.g: a cloister is all that remains of the monastery)
- be left over or outstanding after others or other parts have been completed, used, or dealt with
(e.g: a more intractable problem remains)
Phrases:
- remain to be seen
Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remanere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + manere ‘to stay’
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