English > remain: 4 senses > verb 1, change| 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 |
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| Model | John will remain angry |
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| Examples | - "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"
- "He remained unmoved by her tears"
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| Synonyms | stay, rest |
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| Narrower | be | To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form |
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| keep, stay fresh | fail to spoil or rot |
| keep out | Remain outside |
| sit tight | Maintain the same position |
| stand | Remain inactive or immobile |
| stick together, stay together | Be loyal to one another, especially in times of trouble |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
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| Opposite | change | Undergo a change |
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| Spanish | descansar, mantenerse, perdurar, permanecer, quedarse, quedar, reposar, restar, seguir |
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| Catalan | descansar, mantenir-se, perdurar, quedar-se, quedar, reposar, restar, romandre, seguir |
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English > remain: 4 senses > verb 3, stative| Meaning | Be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
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| Examples | - "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"
- "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"
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| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
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| Spanish | perdurar, permanecer, quedar, restar, seguir |
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| Catalan | perdurar, quedar, restar, seguir |
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| Nouns | remainder | a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold |
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| remainder | something left after other parts have been taken away |
| remnant | a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists |
