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Added 8 October 2026

remain

/ɹɪˈmeɪn/ noun

In Latin: sto, maneo, teneo Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about remain at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

That which is left; relic; remainder.
That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.

verb

To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.
After three rounds of interviews, only 5 candidates remained.
To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
If you divide 20 apples between three people, each gets six and two remain.
To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
Promise me you will always remain my good little girl.

Origin

From Middle English remainen, from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remaneō, maneō, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay”). Displaced native Middle English beliven, bliven (“to remain”) (from Old English belīfan (“to remain, stay”)) due to confluence with related Middle English beleven (“to leave behind”), with which it merged. More at beleave and belive.

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