REMAIN as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • stay the same
    • remain in a certain state
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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 Antonym(s) Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. 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 Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • continue in a place, position, or situation
    Synonym(s) 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 Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • stay behind
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The smell stayed in the room
    • The hostility remained long after they made up
    Hyponym(s)