remain
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remain/rɪˈmeɪn/
▶verb
- 1 be in the same place or condition during further time.
■ continue to be: he remained alert.
- 2 be left over after others or other parts have been used, completed, or dealt with.
– origin ME: from OFr. remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from L. remanere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + manere ‘to stay’.
'remain' also found in these Oxford entries:
antenna
- arrest
- bear
- bide
- breathe
- buoy
- chiasma
- chin
- clean
- cling
- confine
- continue
- curfew
- doggo
- dwell
- endgame
- endure
- federal
- field
- fixture
- flatline
- foot
- hair
- hand
- hang
- harden
- hare
- head
- hold
- hover
- immanent
- indiscreet
- inertia
- keep
- Lagrangian point
- last
- leave
- legal separation
- lie
- live
- loose
- lurk
- manor
- manse
- mansion
- ménage
- mum
- murder
- number
- peace
