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Word: remain (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • plural only '''remains''': That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
  • State of remaining; stay.
  • That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
  • The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead.

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Verb:

  • copulative To continue in a state of being.
  • To await; to be left to.
  • To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
  • To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

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