remain to be seen en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)