remain meaning and definition

REMAIN verb

Definition of remain (verb)

1. stay the same; remain in a certain state
   • "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"
   • synonyms: rest, stay
   • antonym: change
2. continue in a place, position, or situation
   • "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"
   • synonyms: continue, stay, stay on
3. be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
   • "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"
4. stay behind
   • "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
   • synonyms: persist, stay