# remain

Pronunciation: say "ri-MAYN" /ɹɪˈmeɪn/

## Verb

1. To continue to be in the same place, state, or condition without changing; to stay or last.
   - Simple: To stay the same, or to stay where you are, and not change.
   - _Prices remain high despite the new policy._
   - _The temple has remained standing through centuries of war._
2. To be left after others have gone or after the rest has been taken away, used, or destroyed.
   - Simple: To be still there after other people or things have gone or been taken away.
   - _Of the band's original six members, only two remain._
   - _Once the water drained away, only mud remained._
4. To be still left to be done, dealt with, or decided by someone.
   - Simple: To be still left to do, happen, or be decided.
   - _Several decisions still remain for the board to make._
   - _It remained for her to clean up after everyone left._

## Noun

3. The parts or pieces of something that are left over after the rest has gone, been used, or been destroyed.
   - Simple: The parts of something that are left after the rest is gone or used up.
   - _The remains of the bonfire smoldered into the morning._
   - _Investigators sifted through the charred remains of the warehouse._
5. What is left of a person's body once life has ended; a corpse or bodily relics.
   - Simple: What is left of a person's body after they have died.
   - _Her remains were laid to rest beside her parents._
   - _Archaeologists uncovered the remains of a man buried thousands of years ago._
6. The works, especially writings, that a person leaves behind at death, often unpublished or published only afterward.
   - Simple: The works, especially writings, that a person leaves behind when they die.
   - _The composer's musical and literary remains were donated to the university archive._
   - _Among his literary remains was an unfinished novel discovered in a desk drawer._

## Noun

7. The condition or period of staying somewhere; a person's stay in a particular place. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The act or time of staying in a place.

## Origin

It comes from Middle English remainen, via Old French remanoir, from Latin remaneo (based on maneo), which traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root *men- meaning "to stay." It displaced the native Middle English word beliven, meaning "to remain."

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