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1. remain - verb

· stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

Synonym(s): stay, rest

Hypernym(s): be




2. remain - verb

· continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"

Synonym(s): stay, stay_on, continue

Hypernym(s): be




3. remain - verb

· be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "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"

Hypernym(s): be




4. remain - verb

· stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

Synonym(s): persist, stay





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