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| VERB | 1 | remain, stay, rest | Stay the same |
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| 2 | remain, stay, stay on, continue | Continue in a place, position, or situation | |
| 3 | remain | Be left | |
| 4 | remain, persist, stay | Stay behind |
| Sounds | rihmey'n; riymey'n |
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| Rhymes | abstain, again, airplane, and 116 more rhymes in eyn at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Stay the same. Remain in a certain state. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective |
| Model | John will remain angry |
| Examples | "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "He remained unmoved by her tears" |
| Synonyms | stay, rest |
| Narrower | sit tight; stick together, stay together; stand; keep, stay fresh; be |
| Broader | be |
| Contrary | change |
| Meaning | Continue in a place, position, or situation. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year" |
| Synonyms | stay, stay on, continue |
| Narrower | bide, abide, stay; hold over |
| Broader | be |
| Meaning | Be left. Of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.. "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger". |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war" |
| Broader | be |
| Nouns | remainder; remnant; remainder |
| Meaning | Stay behind. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
| Examples | "The hostility remained long after they made up" |
| Synonyms | persist, stay |
| Narrower | stick; linger |