From Middle English remainen, from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remaneō, maneō, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay”).
Displaced native Middle English beliven, bliven (“to remain”) (from Old English belīfan (“to remain, stay”)) due to confluence with related Middle English beleven (“to leave behind”), with which it merged. More at beleave and belive.
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(in-plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.
(in-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.
(obsolete) State of remaining; stay.
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fr reste (that which is left; relic; remainder) · bg оста́тък (that which is left; relic; remainder) · fi oleskelu (state of remaining; stay) · ka დარჩენა (state of remaining; stay) · vec star (state of remaining; stay) · ckb مانەوە (state of remaining; stay) · fi jäänne (that which is left; relic; remainder) · uk за́лишок (that which is left; relic; remainder) · uk ре́шта (that which is left; relic; remainder) · ka ნარჩენი (that which is left; relic; remainder) · ar بَاقِي (that which is left; relic; remainder) · pl pozostałości (that which is left; relic; remainder) · sq mbetje (that which is left; relic; remainder) · hi अवशेष (that which is left; relic; remainder) · pt resto (that which is left; relic; remainder) · pt resquício (that which is left; relic; remainder) · uk оста́ча (that which is left; relic; remainder) · es restos (that which is left; relic; remainder) · es resto (that which is left; relic; remainder) · sh ostatak (that which is left; relic; remainder) · da rest (that which is left; relic; remainder) · he זֵכֶר (that which is left; relic; remainder) · acw باقي (that which is left; relic; remainder) · sv kvarvara (that which is left; relic; remainder)
From Middle English remainen, from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remaneō, maneō, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay”).
Displaced native Middle English beliven, bliven (“to remain”) (from Old English belīfan (“to remain, stay”)) due to confluence with related Middle English beleven (“to leave behind”), with which it merged. More at beleave and belive.
Meanings
To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.
Gather up the fragments that remain. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 6:12:
After three rounds of interviews, only 5 candidates remained.
SEM of the apopyles with apopylar cells and choanocyte chamber remaining on the wound surface. 2015 August 14, “Oscarella lobularis (Homoscleromorpha, Porifera) Regeneration: Epithelial Morphogenesis and Metaplasia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
I like to make more than enough food if I have people round for dinner, so I can eat my way through what remains in the following days.
To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
If you divide 20 apples between three people, each gets six and two remain.
To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
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That […] remains to be proved.
Remain a widow at thy father's house. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 38:11:
We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
She remained a force in local politics until her death.
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches. 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
Promise me you will always remain my good little girl.
But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered. 1946 July and August, “Mileposts and their Peculiarities”, in Railway Magazine, page 217:
To await; to be left to.
(copulative) To continue in a state of being.
The light remained red for two full minutes.
There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry.
ru оста́ться (to be left over after a portion is removed) · chy -sétoo'e (to stay behind while others withdraw) · nl blijven (to continue unchanged) · pl pozostawać (to stay behind while others withdraw) · gl quedar (to stay behind while others withdraw) · fi jäädä (to continue unchanged) · ru остава́ться (to be left over after a portion is removed) · sa तिष्ठति (to continue in a state of being) · hi टिकना (to continue unchanged) · fa بازماندن (to stay behind while others withdraw) · tr kalmak (to stay behind while others withdraw) · da forblive (to stay behind while others withdraw) · es sobrar (to stay behind while others withdraw) · pt restar (to be left over after a portion is removed) · fi olla jäljellä (to stay behind while others withdraw) · sa गाधते (to stay behind while others withdraw) · ckb مایەوە (to continue unchanged) · pt sobejar (to stay behind while others withdraw) · uk зостава́тися (to be left over after a portion is removed) · ruo rămăre (to continue unchanged) · pt restar (to stay behind while others withdraw) · hy մնալ (to stay behind while others withdraw) · fi pysyä (to continue in a state of being) · tr artakalmak (to stay behind while others withdraw) · uk лиша́тися (to continue in a state of being) · uk залиши́тися (to continue unchanged) · hu úgy marad (to continue unchanged) · de übrigbleiben (to be left over after a portion is removed) · gl ficar (to stay behind while others withdraw) · fa پایداشتن (to continue unchanged) · uk зоста́тися (to continue unchanged) · uk лиши́тися (to be left over after a portion is removed) · es quedarse (to stay behind while others withdraw) · ckb چاوەڕێ (to await; to be left to) · cmn 剩 (to stay behind while others withdraw) · sh о̀стати (to stay behind while others withdraw) · zdj usalia (to continue unchanged) · hu ott marad (to stay behind while others withdraw) · ko 머무르다 (to continue unchanged) · cmn 留下 (to stay behind while others withdraw) · uk залиша́тися (to continue unchanged) · be заста́цца (to stay behind while others withdraw) · yi בלײַבן (to stay behind while others withdraw) · sv fortsätta att vara (to continue in a state of being) · zza menden (to stay behind while others withdraw) · uk лиши́тися (to continue unchanged) · ko 머무르다 (to stay behind while others withdraw) · bn থাকা (to stay behind while others withdraw) · es remanir (to continue unchanged) · nl resteren (to continue unchanged) · sl ostati (to stay behind while others withdraw) · sq qëndroj (to stay behind while others withdraw) · sv återstå (to be left over after a portion is removed) · pl pozostawać (to continue in a state of being) · txb lip- (to be left over after a portion is removed) · fo dvøjla (to stay behind while others withdraw) · mi rarau (to stay behind while others withdraw) · es ficar (to be left over after a portion is removed) · acw بِقي (to stay behind while others withdraw) · fr rester (to stay behind while others withdraw) · it stare (to stay behind while others withdraw) · eo resti (to stay behind while others withdraw) · nl blijven (to stay behind while others withdraw) · uk зоста́тися (to stay behind while others withdraw) · bn রওয়া (to stay behind while others withdraw) · de bleiben (to stay behind while others withdraw) · nb forbli (to stay behind while others withdraw) · he נִשְׁאַר (to stay behind while others withdraw) · es permanecer (to continue in a state of being) · it restare (to stay behind while others withdraw) · pt continuar (to continue unchanged) · no gjenstå (to be left over after a portion is removed) · sl obstati (to continue unchanged) · alt калар (to stay behind while others withdraw) · txb sāk- (to stay behind while others withdraw) · cs zůstat (to continue unchanged) · es remanir (to continue in a state of being) · km នៅនឹង (to stay behind while others withdraw) · pl pozostać (to stay behind while others withdraw) · my ကျန် (to stay behind while others withdraw) · th คงอยู่ (to stay behind while others withdraw) · hu marad (to be left over after a portion is removed) · uk залиши́тися (to be left over after a portion is removed) · th อยู่ (to stay behind while others withdraw) · ja 残る (to continue unchanged) · ca restar (to stay behind while others withdraw) · om hafuu (to stay behind while others withdraw) · ja 留まる (to stay behind while others withdraw) · mi waiho (to continue unchanged) · cmn 逗留 (to continue unchanged) · tr artakalmak (to be left over after a portion is removed) · pt permanecer (to stay behind while others withdraw) · eo resti (to await; to be left to) · fi säilyä (to continue unchanged) · lo ຢູ່ (to stay behind while others withdraw) · tr sürdürmek (to continue in a state of being) · qu puchuy (to be left over after a portion is removed) · sv kvarbliva (to stay behind while others withdraw) · pt ficar (to stay behind while others withdraw) · uk лиши́тися (to continue in a state of being) · gl quedar (to continue unchanged) · frr bliiv (to stay behind while others withdraw) · hy մնալ (to continue unchanged) · sv bli kvar (to stay behind while others withdraw) · ota قالمق (to stay behind while others withdraw) · sv stanna kvar (to continue unchanged) · fr demeurer (to continue unchanged) · fr rester (to continue unchanged) · ar بَقِيَ (to continue unchanged) · pt sobrar (to be left over after a portion is removed) · uk залиши́тися (to continue in a state of being) · uk залиша́тися (to stay behind while others withdraw) · my ကြွင်း (to stay behind while others withdraw) · pl pozostać (to continue in a state of being) · es quedar (to be left over after a portion is removed) · de bleiben (to continue in a state of being) · la maneo (to continue unchanged) · ar مَكَثَ (to stay behind while others withdraw) · ota آرتمق (to be left over after a portion is removed) · mi whakanānā (to stay behind while others withdraw) · uk лиши́тися (to stay behind while others withdraw) · izh jäävvä (to stay behind while others withdraw) · bg оста́вам (to stay behind while others withdraw) · ru оста́ться (to stay behind while others withdraw) · sh òstati (to stay behind while others withdraw) · sv återstå (to continue unchanged) · uk лиша́тися (to continue unchanged) · tr korumak (to continue unchanged) · jam tan (to stay behind while others withdraw) · cmn 剩餘 /剩余 (to be left over after a portion is removed) · ar بَقِيَ (to stay behind while others withdraw) · rup armãn (to continue unchanged) · grc μένω (to continue in a state of being) · km នៅ (to continue unchanged) · fa ماندن (to stay behind while others withdraw) · it rimanere (to stay behind while others withdraw) · pt permanecer (to continue unchanged) · yi בלײַבן (to continue unchanged) · sv kvarlämnas (to await; to be left to) · is dvelja (to stay behind while others withdraw) · la sto (to continue unchanged) · eo resti (to continue unchanged) · uk зостава́тися (to stay behind while others withdraw) · km ឋិត (to stay behind while others withdraw) · bg оста́на (to stay behind while others withdraw) · uk лиша́тися (to be left over after a portion is removed) · uk залиша́тися (to be left over after a portion is removed) · la maneo (to stay behind while others withdraw) · pt remanescer (to stay behind while others withdraw) · aa suge (to stay behind while others withdraw) · cs zbýt (to stay behind while others withdraw) · pl zostać (to be left over after a portion is removed) · la teneo (to stay behind while others withdraw) · oc remàner (to stay behind while others withdraw) · la sedeo (to continue unchanged) · vi còn (to continue unchanged) · uk лиша́тися (to stay behind while others withdraw) · ja 残る (to stay behind while others withdraw) · es restar (to be left over after a portion is removed) · de zurückbleiben (to stay behind while others withdraw) · ja 残る (to be left over after a portion is removed) · es permanecer (to continue unchanged) · sk zostať (to stay behind while others withdraw) · uk залиши́тися (to stay behind while others withdraw) · frr bliiw (to stay behind while others withdraw) · uk зостава́тися (to continue in a state of being) · uk залиша́тися (to continue in a state of being) · ro rămâne (to continue unchanged) · sv förbli (to stay behind while others withdraw) · cs zůstat (to stay behind while others withdraw) · ja 居残る (to stay behind while others withdraw) · mk останува (to stay behind while others withdraw) · ru остава́ться (to continue unchanged) · ba ҡалыу (to be left over after a portion is removed) · ur رہنا (to stay behind while others withdraw) · km សល់ (to be left over after a portion is removed) · chr ᎡᏙᎮᏍᏗᏉᎠ (to continue unchanged) · xqa قَلْماقْ (to stay behind while others withdraw) · ang bīdan (to stay behind while others withdraw) · uk зостава́тися (to continue unchanged) · nl achterblijven (to stay behind while others withdraw) · yi בלײַבן (to continue in a state of being) · pt esperar (to await; to be left to) · ru остава́ться (to stay behind while others withdraw) · ja とどまる (to stay behind while others withdraw) · cmn 留 (to stay behind while others withdraw) · mi toe (to stay behind while others withdraw) · grc μένω (to stay behind while others withdraw) · fr rester (to be left over after a portion is removed) · fa استوار بودن (to continue unchanged) · fi jäädä jäljelle (to stay behind while others withdraw) · oc restar (to stay behind while others withdraw) · sv förbli (to continue in a state of being) · fi olla jäljellä (to be left over after a portion is removed) · ba ҡалыу (to stay behind while others withdraw) · sa तिष्ठति (to continue unchanged) · da blive (to stay behind while others withdraw) · uk зоста́тися (to continue in a state of being) · vi ở lại (to stay behind while others withdraw) · bg оста́вам (to be left over after a portion is removed) · pt sobrar (to stay behind while others withdraw) · got 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (to stay behind while others withdraw) · de übrigbleiben (to stay behind while others withdraw) · la remaneo (to stay behind while others withdraw) · la sto (to stay behind while others withdraw) · pl zostawać (to be left over after a portion is removed) · el παραμένω (to stay behind while others withdraw) · hi रहना (to stay behind while others withdraw) · frr bliwe (to stay behind while others withdraw) · ru оста́ться (to continue unchanged) · de bleiben (to continue unchanged) · ca quedar-se (to stay behind while others withdraw) · sv förbliva (to continue in a state of being) · tr kalmak (to continue unchanged) · cmn 剩下 (to stay behind while others withdraw) · sv dvälja (to stay behind while others withdraw) · it rimanere (to continue unchanged) · fi pysyä (to continue unchanged) · es sobrar (to be left over after a portion is removed) · ro rămâne (to stay behind while others withdraw) · grc μένω (to continue unchanged) · cmn 呆 (to stay behind while others withdraw) · sq rri (to stay behind while others withdraw) · mk остане (to stay behind while others withdraw) · sa तिष्ठति (to stay behind while others withdraw) · ssy suge (to stay behind while others withdraw) · txb lip- (to stay behind while others withdraw) · uk очі́кувати (to await; to be left to) · sv stanna kvar (to stay behind while others withdraw) · be застава́цца (to stay behind while others withdraw) · sv kvarstå (to continue unchanged) · fi jäädä jäljelle (to be left over after a portion is removed) · rom aćhel (to stay behind while others withdraw) · nn stå att (to be left over after a portion is removed) · uk зоста́тися (to be left over after a portion is removed)