what does remain mean?
REMAIN as VERB
- Meaning
- stay the same
- remain in a certain state
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- The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it
- rest assured
- stay alone
- He remained unmoved by her tears
- The bad weather continued for another week
Hypernyms(s) remain is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- be left
- of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
Usage Example(s)
- 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
Hypernyms(s) remain is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- continue in a place, position, or situation
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Usage Example(s)
- After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser
- Stay with me, please
- despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year
- She continued as deputy mayor for another year
Hypernyms(s) remain is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
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Usage Example(s)
- The smell stayed in the room
- The hostility remained long after they made up
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