remainverb
uk/rɪˈmeɪn/us/rɪˈmeɪn/B1 [ I or L ] formal to stay in the same place or in the same condition:
The doctor ordered him to remain in bed for a few days.
Most commentators expect the basic rate of tax to remain at 25 percent.
[ + to infinitive ] A great many things remain to be done (= have not yet been done).
He remained silent.
It remains a secret.
The bank will remain open while renovations are carried out.
B2 [ I ] to continue to exist when other parts or other things no longer exist:
After the flood, nothing remained of the village.
Only a few hundred of these animals remain today.
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- The judge directed the defendant to remain silent.
- For reasons of personal safety, the informant wishes to remain anonymous.
- We have to invest in new technology if we are to remain competitive.
- The area has remained virtually unchanged in 50 years.
- The truth about the accident remains hidden beneath a shroud of secrecy.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Staying and remaining
- closeted
- halt
- hang
- hold
- hold sb over
- keep to somewhere
- leave
- residual
- rest
- sit tight idiom
- sojourn
- stand
- stay
- stay behind
- stop
- tarry
- vestigial
- wait
- wait behind
- wait for sb
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Keeping and staying the same
Idiom(s)
the fact remains
it remains to be seen