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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

remain to be seen en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To have not yet happened; to be as yet unknown.
    • It remains to be seen if goalkeeper Ederson will be available for those games after he was forced off in the eighth minute following a collision with City full-back Walker and Sean Longstaff that saw Newcastle have a goal disallowed for offside. 2024 January 13, Callum Matthews, “Newcastle United 2-3 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport:
    • It remains to be seen whether he will win the election.
    • Then came the leak (to the AP) that [Lance Armstrong] had in fact told Oprah he'd been a doper. So all that remained to be seen were what words Armstrong would use and what demeanor he would display. 2013 January 18, Howard Kurtz, “A loss for Lance, a win for Oprah”, in CNN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
remains to be seen Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
remaining to be seen Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
remained to be seen Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
remained to be seen Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (15)

de abzuwarten bleiben (be as yet unknown) · cs to se teprve ukáže (be as yet unknown) · es quedar por ver (be as yet unknown) · nb gjenstå å se (be as yet unknown) · nl valt nog af te wachten (be as yet unknown) · ro rămâne de văzut (be as yet unknown) · de zeigen (be as yet unknown) · pl to się jeszcze okaże (be as yet unknown) · cs to se ještě ukáže (be as yet unknown) · sv återstå att se (be as yet unknown) · cmn 還有待觀察 /还有待观察 (be as yet unknown) · fi jäädä nähtäväksi (be as yet unknown) · fr rester à savoir (be as yet unknown) · es estar por ver (be as yet unknown) · fr rester à voir (be as yet unknown)