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Definitions: Remain |
RemainVerb1. 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". 2. 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". 3. 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". 4. Stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "remain" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
REMAIN | English | Modular system for REliability and MAINtainability management in European rail transport | Transportation |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: RemainSynonyms: continue (v), persist (v), rest (v), stay (v), stay on (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: change (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Concord | Keep in good humor, render accordant, put in tune; come to an understanding, meet halfway; keep the peace, remain at peace. |
Distance | Remain at a distance; keep away, keep off, keep aloof, keep clear of, stand away, stand off, stand aloof, stand clear of, stay away, keep one's distance'. |
Disuse | Lie unemployed, remain unemployed; Adjective: |
Diuturnity | Verb: last, endure, stand, remain, abide, continue, brave a thousand years. |
Existence | Abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay. |
Irresolution | Verb: be irresolute; Adjective: hang in suspense, keep in suspense; leave "ad referendum"; think twice about, pause; dawdle; (inactivity); remain neuter; dillydally, hesitate, boggle, hover, dacker, hum and haw, demur, not know one's own mind; debate, balance; dally with, coquet with; will and will not, chaser-balancer; go halfway, compromise, make a compromise; be thrown off one's balance, stagger like a drunken man; be afraid; let "I dare not" wait upon "I would"; falter, waver |
Memory | Have in the thoughts, hold in the thoughts, bear in the thoughts, carry in the thoughts, keep in the thoughts, retain in the thoughts, have in the memory, hold in the memory, bear in the memory, carry in the memory, keep in the memory, retain in the memory, have in the mind, hold in the mind, bear in the mind, carry in the mind, keep in the mind, retain in the mind, hold in remembrance; be in one's thoughts, live in one's thoughts, remain in one's thoughts, dwell in one's thoughts, haunt one's thoughts, impress one's thoughts, be in one's mind, live in one's mind, remain in one's mind, dwell in one's mind, haunt one's mind, impress one's mind, dwell in one's memory. |
Permanence | Verb: let alone, let be, let it be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; stet; hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby, dwell, maintain, keep; stand, stand still, stand fast; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing; hold good. |
Presence | Verb: exist in space, be present; Adjective: assister; make one of, make one at; look on, attend, remain; find oneself, present oneself; show one's face; fall in the way of, occur in a place; lie, stand; occupy; be there. |
Quiescence | Remain, stay; stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time; bring to, heave to, lay to; pull up, draw up; hold, halt; stop, stop short; rest, pause, anchor; cast to an anchor, come to an anchor; rest on one's oars; repose on one's laurels, take breath; stop; (discontinue). |
Redundancy | Exaggerate; wallow in roll in; (plenty) remain on one's hands, hang heavy on hand, go a begging. |
Remainder | Verb: remain; be left; Adjective: exceed, survive; leave. |
Stability | Verb: be firm; Adjective: stick fast; stand firm, keep firm, remain firm; weather the storm, stay the course, stick to the course, keep the faith, don't give in, don't buckle under. |
Success | Come off well, come off successful, come off with flying colors; make short work of; take by storm, carry by storm; bear away the bell; win one's wings, win one's spurs, win the battle; win the day, carry the day, gain the day, gain the prize, gain the palm; have the best of it, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's owns hands, have the ball at one's feet, have one on the hop; walk over the course; carry all before one, remain in possession of the field; score a success. |
Time | Verb: continue last endure, go on, remain, persist; intervene; elapse; hold out. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Remain |
| English words defined with "remain": remain down. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "remain": immanent ♦ manor, messuage ♦ Permanent. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) If he could not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. (Beauty and the Beast; writing credit: Roger Allers; Kelly Asbury) Remain calm, because I'm going to kill you. (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro) Childless you are, and childless you shall remain. Of that suppleness you once commanded in your youth, of that strange simplicity which once attracted men to you, neither endures, nor shall you recapture them. (Seven Faces of Dr. Lao; writing credit: Charles G. Finney; Charles Beaumont) We shall bepleasedto have you remain on the Board. (Mommie Dearest; writing credit: Christina Crawford; Robert Getchell) | |
Lyrics | So I guess I'll remain the same, yes ("Dock of the Bay"; performing artist: Otis Redding) | |
Clever | The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes. (references; author: Mark Twain) Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous. (references; author: unknown) If the cops arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent? (references; author: unknown) New York: You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have The Right To An Attorney (references; author: unknown) It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Remain VFR (1958) The Right to Remain Silent (1996) Echoes That Remain (1991) | |
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Anti-cancer drugs can now be tested on human cancer cell lines in vitro for cytotoxicity and effectiveness without the use of animals. In an assay color changes in the wells show what proportion of cultured cancer cells remain alive after they have been exposed to the test drug. The plates are read by computer, and results are automatically sent to a centralized computer where they are converted into graphic reports.Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). | The siphon is adapted to penetrate the tissue of aquatic plants, from which air is obtained, thus enabling the larvae to remain below the water surface at all times.Credit: CDC. | ||
![]() | Humpback whale calves are born in wintering waters of the tropics and subtropics . This humpback whale mother and calf will remain virtually inseparable. The calf weans at around ten or eleven months.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). | ![]() | Reggie Liddell, DC in Stokes County works with a landowner in Forsyth County. Stables remain one of the few viable farming options in urban areas.Credit: Bob Nichols. |
![]() | Photographed circa late 1943, at about the time of her delivery to the Navy. This image has been retouched by wartime censors to remove the radar antenna atop the ship's Mark 37 gun director. However, the radar antennas on her foremast remain visible.Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Steaming at sea, circa early 1943. This photograph has been retouched by the wartime censor to remove radar antennas atop her masts and main battery gun directors. However, the radar antennas mounted on her secondary battery gun directors remain visible.Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Dusting planes (agricultural sprayers) fly mainly at dawn and dusk when the wind dies down. Their extreme proximity to the ground can turn any sudden gust of wind into an accident. They hedge-hop over obstacles, must remain low to the very edge of the fie.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Greasing plow which will remain outdoors during the winter, Cavalier County, North Dakota.Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | We are all one family : donate blood with love and nice memories remain in your mind.Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | "Only the Irish working class remain as the incorruptible inheritors of the fight for freedom in Ireland" -- James Connolly.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Abraham Lincoln | Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. |
Aristotle | Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. |
Author Unknown | Business will continue to go where invited and remain where appreciated. |
John Florio | Praise the sea; on shore remain. |
June Masters Bacher | Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings remain forever. |
Martin Luther | Women should remain at home, sit still, keep house, and bear and bring up children. |
Plato | There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good. |
Publius Cornelius Tacitus | It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. |
Saint Patrick | All snakes who wish to remain in Ireland will please raise their right hands. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | All counties, hundred, wapentakes, and trithings (except our demesne manors) shall remain at the old rents, and without any additional payment. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | Whenever the society is dissolved, it is certain the government of that society cannot remain. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | In requiring the proletariat to carry out such a system, and thereby to march straightway into the social New Jerusalem, it but requires in reality, that the proletariat should remain within the bounds of existing society, but should cast away all its hateful ideas concerning the bourgeoisie. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Re-insurance of life risks effected by particular contracts and not under any general treaty remain in force. (reference) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | And let every other power know that this hemisphere intends to remain the master of its own house. (reference) |
Miranda v. Arizona | 1966 | Where the individual answers some questions during in-custody interrogation, he has not waived his privilege, and may invoke his right to remain silent thereafter. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Little Henry must remain the heir of Donwell. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | His second impulse was to remain, and to venture at least one question. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Ruthie and Winfield came in quietly, trying by silence and by keeping close to the wall to remain obscure. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Thus I could avoid all trade and barter, so far as my food was concerned, and having a shelter already, it would only remain to get clothing and fuel. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Many girls remain in this stage for most of their lives. (references) | |
To help produce a sharp image, the lens must remain clear. (references) | ||
The prognostic implications of these distinctions remain unclear. (references) | ||
Business | They remain closely monitored. (references) | |
Business tax rates also remain high. (references) | ||
Several other cases remain outstanding. (references) | ||
Children | Venezuela | Many children remain undocumented. (references) |
Somalia | Children remain among the chief victims of the continuing violence. (references) | |
Taiwan | However, legal loopholes and cultural barriers remain obstacles to enforcement. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Bangladesh | Eight of the accused remain at large. (references) |
Macau | Only seven Vietnamese refugees remain in the SAR. (references) | |
Sri Lanka | It permitted those already in the country to remain. (references) | |
Discrimination | Bhutan | Many ethnic Nepalese were expelled forcibly, and almost 100,000 of them remain in refugee camps in Nepal. (references) |
Economic History | Greece | Tensions remain high. (references) |
Poland | Unit costs remain competitive. (references) | |
Human Rights | Japan | Prison rules remain confidential. (references) |
Japan | Individual cells will remain unheated. (references) | |
India | Several laws of this type remain in effect. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Guyana | Both Amerindian individuals and groups remain free to criticize the Government. (references) |
Brazil | Of the 586 recognized indigenous areas, 327 have reached the final registration stage, and 135 remain to be demarcated legally. (references) | |
Canada | Quebec's Indian people remain overwhelmingly opposed to separation from Canada and deeply distrust the separatist government of the province. (references) | |
Minorities | Iraq | Although few Jews remain in the country, government officials frequently make anti-Semitic statements. (references) |
Mozambique | The black and South Asian Islamic communities tend to remain separate; however, there were no reports of conflict. (references) | |
Indonesia | An undetermined number of Sino-Indonesians remain abroad or away from their normal places of residence in the country. (references) | |
Political Economy | Jordan | Wages remain stagnant. (references) |
BAHRAIN | Software piracy remain problematic. (references) | |
Sri Lanka | Disappearances also remain a problem. (references) | |
Political Rights | Colombia | The group is expected to remain largely clandestine, as Castano continues to seek political recognition. (references) |
Indonesia | Some observers are concerned that the new KPU secretariat would remain administratively dependent upon the Ministry of Home Affairs. (references) | |
China | In general, the election and agenda of people's congresses at all levels remain under the firm control of the CCP, the paramount source of political authority. (references) | |
Trade | Nicaragua | Few export controls remain in place. (references) |
Kazakhstan | Such goods may remain in Kazakhstan for one year duty-free. (references) | |
Chile | Imported goods may remain in customs warehouses for 90 days. (references) | |
Travel | Sri Lanka | Bomb attacks remain the greatest terrorist hazard. (references) |
Italy | Samples may remain in the country for up to 1 year. (references) | |
Pakistan | Generally, most offices and many stores remain closed on Sundays. (references) | |
Women | Singapore | Some areas of discrimination remain. (references) |
Nepal | Many other discriminatory laws still remain. (references) | |
Benin | NGO observers believe that women remain reluctant to report cases. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Russia | Other more serious cases remain unresolved. (references) |
Namibia | The NUNW and SWAPO are no longer affiliated but remain closely linked. (references) | |
Uzbekistan | Trade unions remain centralized hierarchically, and remain dependent on the Government. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DEPUTY, n. A male relative of an office-holder, or of his bondsman. The deputy is commonly a beautiful young man, with a red necktie and an intricate system of cobwebs extending from his nose to his desk. When accidentally struck by the janitor's broom, he gives off a cloud of dust. "Chief Deputy," the Master cried, "To-day the books are to be tried By experts and accountants who Have been commissioned to go through Our office here, to see if we Have stolen injudiciously. Please have the proper entries made, The proper balances displayed, Conforming to the whole amount Of cash on hand -- which they will count. I've long admired your punctual way -- Here at the break and close of day, Confronting in your chair the crowd Of business men, whose voices loud And gestures violent you quell By some mysterious, calm spell -- Some magic lurking in your look That brings the noisiest to book And spreads a holy and profound Tranquillity o'er all around. So orderly all's done that they Who came to draw remain to pay. But now the time demands, at last, That you employ your genius vast In energies more active. Rise And shake the lightnings from your eyes; Inspire your underlings, and fling Your spirit into everything!" The Master's hand here dealt a whack Upon the Deputy's bent back, When straightway to the floor there fell A shrunken globe, a rattling shell A blackened, withered, eyeless head! The man had been a twelvemonth dead. Jamrach Holobom |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | The zero-tolerance people are the same ones who tell you not to listen to hip-hop, play violent video games, and remain a virgin until after you're married. |
Geoffrey Hoon | That, obviously, is our ultimate aim, it's our ultimate military objective, and I remain absolutely confident that those weapons of mass destruction will be discovered. |
Linda Thompson | Just that I have known the pain of too much tenderness. That he would always remain the love of my life, but I never wanted to love that fully and completely without reservation again. |
Rush Limbaugh | There are a lot of questions that remain unanswered, and that won't get answered if we're afraid to ask them. |
Sally Jessy Raphael | They've got bikes now, and they've got clothes. We don't do this very often, but someone who wants to remain anonymous wanted to give you something very special. The key goes to a new home. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well organized and armed militia is their best security. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | But inequality among the States will still remain, and Federal help will still be needed. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Only thus shall we remain, despite every provocation, on our charted course toward permanent peace and human betterment. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Until that is done, difficult problems remain. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | A nation cannot remain great if it betrays its allies and lets down its friends. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | America must remain first in keeping peace in the world. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Nuclear safety will remain a vital concern in the years ahead. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | You'd never know that we remain the one nation the rest of the world looks to for leadership. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Enduring animosities and opposing interests remain. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We can help more people move from hatred to hope all across the world in our own interest if Congress gives us the means to remain the world's leader for peace. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Remain" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 57.99% of the time. "Remain" is used about 8,986 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 57.99% | 5,211 | 1,879 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 42% | 3,774 | 2,578 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8,986 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "remain": few remain ♦ i remain respectfully yours ♦ i remain yours faithfullyjohn ♦ if any remain ♦ not to remain ♦ please remain seated ♦ plenty remain on one's hands ♦ remain anonymous ♦ remain at peace ♦ remain away ♦ remain bachelor ♦ remain behind ♦ remain closed ♦ remain constant ♦ remain down ♦ remain firm ♦ remain honest ♦ remain in contact ♦ remain in one's mind ♦ remain in one's thoughts ♦ remain in possession of the field ♦ remain in suspense ♦ remain in the air ♦ remain in the office ♦ remain inconspicuous ♦ remain lying ♦ remain neuter ♦ remain on one's feet ♦ remain pending ♦ remain seated ♦ remain seated! ♦ remain silent ♦ remain single ♦ remain sitting ♦ remain still ♦ remain unabated ♦ remain unconvinced ♦ remain undetected ♦ remain within compass. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
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Afrikaan | bly (abide, be staying, glad, happy, stay, stay over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rri (abide, bide, hang out, keep, perch, reside, set, settle, stay, stop), vazhdoj të jem, teproj (be left over, catch up, exaggerate, overact, overdo, overstate, pile it on), tepricë (margin, odd-come-short, over, overage, overbalance, overflow, overmeasure, overplus, overrun, overstock, redundance, redundancy, remainder, remains, remnant, residual, residue, surplus, surplusage), të mbetura (leftover, remainder, remains), qëndroj (be, endure, fend, hold out, set, settle, sit, stand, stay, stop), ngel (fail), mbetem (abide, be left, become, fail, hang over, keep, linger, stay), eshtra (remains). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مكث (dwell in, live in, reside in, stay, stick on), خرائب (remains, remnant, shambles), جثمان (corpse), جثة (body, cadaver, carcass, corpse, dead body, stiff), الآثار غير منشورة, ظل (ghost, keep, lie, shade, shadow, umbra, umbrage), بقي (abide, be, bide, continue, endure, exist, reside, rest, sit, stay, stick around, stop, subsist, sustain, tarry), بقايا (left over, oddments, odds and ends, remains, remnant, residue, rubble, ruin, scrap, scrapings, snippet, tag, vestige). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стоя (abide, keep, sit, sit up, stand, stay, stick, tarry), оставам (abide, continue, endure, let, persist, remain behind, stay, stay behind, stick, void), продължавам да съществувам. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 遺跡 (trace, vestige), 留下 , 保留 (KEEP, Remained, reservation, retain, retained, retainer, retaining, retention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zbytek (end, fag end, leftover, remainder, remnant, residue, rest, scrap, survival, vestige), zbývat, zùstat (be, rest, stay), trvat (insist, last, linger, span, subsist), pozùstatek (hangover, relic, throwback). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | forblive (abide, stay, stay over), blive (abide, become, come about, get, grow, happen, stay, stay over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | resteren (abide, stay, stay over), resten (abide, garbage, refuse, residue, residue of combustion, stay, stay over, waste), verblijven (stay over), verblýven (abide, stay, stay over), toeven (abide, stay, stay over), overblijven (stay over), overblýven (abide, stay, stay over), nablijven, nablýven (be detained, be kept in, stay on), blijven (stay over), blýven (abide, keep, stay, stay over), achterblijven, achterblýven (be detained, be kept in, stay on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | restas. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | verða verandi (abide, stay, stay over), vera eftir (abide, stay, stay over), steðga (abide, cease, come to a halt, halt, stagnate, stay, stay over, stop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مانده (Remainder, Remanence, Stale, Weary), ماندن (Abide, Be, Lie, Settle, Stall, Stand, Stay, Subsist), اقامت کردن , اثرباقیمانده . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jäädä (abide, stay, stay over, stop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rester (rest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | benefterbliuwe (be detained, be kept in, stay on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Galician | quedan, queda. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | bleiben (abide, abode, be left, bide, dwell, keep, linger, stay, stay over, Tarry, to remain, to rest, to stay), übrigbleiben (abide, be left over, leave, stay, stay over, to remain), zurückbleiben (be backward, be detained, be kept in, be left, be retarded, drag behind, fall behind, get behind, hang behind, lag, lag behind, linger, remain behind, stay behind, stay on, to fall behind, to fall short, to stay behind, wait behind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μένω (abide, keep, live, stay, stop), υπολείπομαι, απομένω (confer), διατελώ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לשרו" (be left, survive), ל"ותר, ל"שאר (abide, be left over, bide, rest, stay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megmarad (be left, continue, to abide, to be left in the basket, to endure, to last, to remain), maradvány (balance, hold over, pickings, relic, remainder, remains, reminiscence, remnant, residue, residuum, surplus, survival, trace, vestige), marad (dwelt, stay, Tarry, to abide, to dwell, to keep within doors, to lie off, to linger, to remain, to rest, to sail near to wind), hátramarad (hang back, lag, to drop astern, to fall behind, to hang back, to lag behind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tetap (adamant, consistent, constant, inveterate, keep, permanent), sisa (remainder, residual, residue, rump, scrap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rimanere (abide, be, be left, bleiben, keep, lie, rest, stay, stay here, stay on, stay over, Tarry), stare (abide, be, be up, do, dwell, exist, go, lie, life, lifetime, live, rest, sit, stand, stay, stay over), restare (abide, be left, keep, lie, rest, stand, stay, stay over, stick around), resti dietro (be detained, be kept in, stay, stay on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 在留 (reside, stay), 残存 (survive), 剳 (sickle, stay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ざいりゅう (reside, stay), ざ"ぞ" (remaining, survival, survive), ざ"そ" (survive), さつ (butcher, counter for books, diminish, kill, murder, note, paper money, police, reduce, slice off, split, spoil, stay, temple, volume). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 남아 있으십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tannaghtyn (abide, abiding, bide, dwell, endure, hold up, lodge, run on; continuance; remanent, stay, stop, survive, tarry), marraghtyn (continue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | resta (be detained, be kept in, stay on), keda (abide, stay, stay over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emainray zostawać. (various references) ficar (be, beseem, bide, come, continue, go, grow, keep, lie, recline, sojourn, stay, stay over, Tarry, to get, to stay), restar (stay, stay over), permanecer (abide, continue, dwell, endure, hold, keep, keep on, last, live abroad, persist, stay, stay over, Tarry). (various references) fique. (various references) sta (abide, be, keep, lie, live, sit, stand, stay, stay over, stop, Tarry). (various references) оставаться (hold itself out as, persist, stay, stay in, stay over, stayed, stays, stop on). (various references) fuirich (abide, stay, stay over), fan (abide, stay, stay over). (various references) ostati (bide, left, stay), ostatak (leftover, odd-come-short, oddment, relic, remainder, remnant, residual, residue, residuum, rest, rump, vestige). (various references) quedarse (abide, become, come out, hang on, keep, Lodge, sit, stay, stay behind, stay over, stick around, stop behind, take, Tarry, wait behind, wait out), permanecer (abide, bide, bleiben, keep, last, linger, live for a time, sojourn, stay, stay in). (various references) tan (abide, stay, stay over), fika (abide, stay, stay over). (various references) förbli (abide, keep, rest, stay, stay over), vara kvar, restera, kvarstå (continue), återstå (be left). (various references) พักอยู่, ยังเหลืออยู่ (linger), ยังเหมือนเ"ิม. (various references) sürdürmek (carry on, continue, elongate, follow, go ahead with smth., keep, keep going, keep on, keep the ball rolling, keep up, lead, maintain, perpetuate, persist, prolong, prosecute, pursue, support, sustain, uphold, wage), kalmak (abide, be left, be left over, bed, come to, continue, devolve, fail, flunk, keep, keep to, leave, put up, refuge, rest with, room, sleep, stand, stay, stop, survive, Tarry, wait), geriye kalmak (survive), durmak (be, cease, come to a halt, come to a stop, discontinue, draw rein, draw up, endure, halt, harp, hold, hold on, intermit, keep, let up, linger, pack up, pull in, pull up, rest, run down, stall, stand, stay, stop), aynen kalmak (rest), artmak (accrete, accrue, advance, ascend, augment, be left, be left over, deepen, duplicate, go up, harden, heighten, increase, mount up, multiply, rise, scale up, soar, step up, swell, wax). (various references) залишатися (be, bide, keep, leave, lie, persist, sit, stay, stop behind, stop on), проживати (reside), перебувати (be, home, lie, reside, stand about, tent). (various references) aros (abide, await, bide, come to a halt, halt, stay, stop, tarry, wait). (various references) p'atal (abide, stay, stay over). (various references) sala (abide, stay, stay over), -hlala (abide, sit, stay, stay over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | commorabitur, commorabuntur, commorantem, commorantes, commorantium, commorantur, commorari, commorata, commoratae, commorati, commoratique, commoratus, commoremur, commorer, commoror, consistant, consistens, consistentes, consistere, consisteret, consistite, consistunt, constiterant, dora, dura, durantur, duratur, duro, ecclesiastes, interstetit, moror, permane, permaneamus, permaneant, permaneas, permaneat, permaneatque, permanebant, permanebat, permanebimus, permanebis, permanebit, permanebo, permanebunt, permanens, permanent, permanentes, permanere, permanerent, permanes, permanet, permanetis, permanserant, permanserint, permanserit, permanseritis, permanserunt, permansissent, permansistis, permansit, praestaturum, relicta, relictae, relicti, relictis, relictisque, relicto, relictos, relictum, relictus, relinquam, relinquamini, relinquamus, relinquant, relinquas, relinquat, relinquatis, relinquatur, relinque, relinquebant, relinquebat, relinquemus, relinquens, relinquent, relinquentes, relinquentur, relinquere, relinquerentur, relinqueretur, relinqueris, relinques, relinquet, relinquetur, relinquimur, relinquit, relinquite, relinquitur, relinquo, relinquunt, relinquuntur, reliquerant, reliquerat, reliquerint, reliqueris, reliquerit, reliqueritis, reliquerunt, reliqui, reliquimus, reliquisse, reliquissent, reliquisset, reliquisti, reliquistis, reliquit, remaneant, remaneat, remanebit, remanebitis, remanebunt, remanent, remanente, remanentes, remanentis, remanere, remanerent, remaneres, remaneret, remanserant, remanserat, remanserint, remanserit, remanserunt, remanseruntque, remansi, remansisset, remansit, remansitque, remansurus, resederant, resedit, reside, residebant, residebit, residens, resident, residentes, residentibus, residere, restant, restat, restiterat, restiterit, restiterunt, restitistis, restitit, sede, sedeamus, sedeant, sedeas, sedeat, sedeatis, sedebam, sedebamus, sedebant, sedebas, sedebat, sedebis, sedebit, sedebitis, sedebo, sedebunt, sedechiae, sedechias, sedeciam, sedecias, sedemus, sedendum, sedens, sedensque, sedent, sedente, sedentem, sedentes, sedenti, sedentibus, sedentique, sedentis, sedentium, sedeo, sederat, sedere, sederent, sederet, sederis, sederit, sederitis, sedero, sederunt, sederuntque, sedes, sedet, sedete, sedetis, sedetur, sedi, sedimus, sedisse, sedisset, sedisti, sedistis, sedit, seditque, sessor, sessurus, sta, stabam, stabant, stabantque, stabat, stabimus, stabis, stabisque, stabit, stabitis, stabitque, stabo, stabunt, stamus, standum, stans, stansque, stant, stante, stantem, stantes, stantibus, stantis, stantium, stare, starent, stares, staret, staretis, stari, stas, stat, state, statis, statu, statum, statura, staturae, staturam, stem, stemus, stent, stes, stet, steterant, steterat, stetere, steterim, steterint, steteris, steterit, steterunt, steteruntque, steti, stetis, stetisse, stetissent, stetisset, stetisti, stetistis, stetit, stetitque, stetur, sto, subremanet, subremanserint, subsedebit, subsisto, suprasedenti. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | restan. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 2, Verse 21 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Crhstoi esontai oikhtoreV ghV akakoi de upoleifqhsontai en auth oti euqeiV kataskhnwsousi ghn kai osioi upoleifqhsontai en auth |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui enim recti sunt habitabunt in terra et simplices permanebunt in ea |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Who forsothe ben riyte, shul dwelle in the erthe; and the symple shul parfitli wone in it. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 2, Verse 21 |
| Cebuano | Kay ang mga matul-id magapuyo sa yuta, Ug ang hingpit magapabilin diha niana. |
| Chinese | 正 直 人 必 在 世 上 居 住 . 完 全 人 必 在 地 上 存 留 。 |
| Croatian | Jer samo æe pravedni nastavati zemlju i bezazleni æe ostati na njoj. |
| Danish | thi retsindige skal bo i Landet, lydefri levnes deri, |
| Dutch | Want de vromen zullen de aarde bewonen, en de oprechten zullen daarin overblijven; |
| Finnish | Sillä oikeamieliset saavat asua maassa, ja nuhteettomat jäävät siihen jäljelle; |
| French | Car les hommes droits habiteront le pays, Les hommes intègres y resteront; |
| German | Denn die Gerechten werden im Lande wohnen, und die Frommen werden darin bleiben; |
| Haitian Creole | Paske se moun k'ap mache dwat yo ki pral rete nan peyi a. Se moun serye yo ki pral la. |
| Hungarian | Mert az igazak lakják a földet, és a tökéletesek maradnak meg rajta. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sebab, orang yang hidup menurut kemauan Allah, yaitu orang yang tulus hatinya, merekalah yang akan tinggal di negeri yang dijanjikan oleh TUHAN. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena orang-orang saleh akan mendiami bumi dan orang yang tulus hatinya itu akan tinggal tetap padanya; |
| Italian | perché gli uomini retti abiteranno nel paese e gli integri vi resteranno, |
| Korean | 대 직 한 자 " 땅 에 거 하 며 완 한 자 " 땅 에 남 아 있 으 리 라 |
| Maori | Ka noho hoki te hunga tika ki te whenua; ka mau te hunga ngakau tapatahi ki reira. |
| Norwegian | for de opriktige skal bo i landet, og de ustraffelige skal bli tilbake i det, |
| Portuguese | Porque os retos habitarão a terra, e os íntegros permanecerão nela. |
| Rumanian | Cqci oamenii fqrq prihanq vor locui yara, wi oamenii nekntinayi vor rqmknea kn ea; |
| Russian | ПФПНХ ЮФП ТБЧЕ"ОЩЕ 'Х"ХФ ЦЙФШ ОБ ЪЕНМЕ, Й ОЕ ПТПЮОЩЕ ТЕ'Х"ХФ ОБ ОЕК; |
| Spanish | Porque los rectos habitarán la tierra, y los íntegros permanecerán en ella. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "remain": remainder, remaindered, remaindering, remainders, remained, remaining, remains. (additional references) | |
Words containing "remain": cremains. (additional references) | |
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"Remain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: emain, emhain, Ernani, Grimani, nemain, Oreamuno, Rahmani, Ramalina, Ramani, rambai, ramin, reaim, rehman, reimagine, Rejman, relain, relman, remaging, remaic, remail, remaine, reman, remane, remay, remayne, Remeliik, remen, Remexio, Remia, remian, Remijio, Remilien, remin, remint, remmelink, renain, renkin, Renzan, Reumann, Roamin, romain, Romawi, roumain, rumain, Rumjahn, tremain, Tremaine, triermain. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "remain" (pronounced rumā"n or rēmā"n) |
| 4 | -u m ā" n | legerdemain. |
| 3 | -m ā" n | domain, germane, humane, inhumane, main, mane, Romaine. |
| 3 | -m ā" n | domain, germane, humane, inhumane, legerdemain, main, mane, Romaine. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: airmen, marine. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-n-r" | |
-1 letter: aimer, amine, anime, inarm, minae, miner, namer, ramen, ramie, reman. | |
-2 letters: airn, amen, amie, amin, amir, earn, emir, main, mair, mane, mare, mean, mien, mina, mine, mire, name, near, nema, rain, rami, rani, ream, rein, rime. | |
-3 letters: aim, ain, air, ami, ane, ani, are, arm, ear, era, ern, ire, mae, man, mar, men. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-n-r" | |
+1 letter: carmine, fireman, germina, harmine, inarmed, mangier, manlier, mariner, marines, marline, minaret, mineral, moraine, raiment, ramekin, reaming, remains, romaine, seminar, vermian, wireman. | |
+2 letters: airwomen, amberina, amercing, aneurism, animater, antimere, breaming, carmines, chairmen, creaming, cremains, dairymen, dreaming, emigrant, examiner, geranium, germanic, germinal, harmines, imaginer, inflamer, maligner, malinger, manicure, margined, marinade, marinate, mariners, marlines, martinet, meridian, midrange, migraine, minarets, minerals, mislearn, moraines, muraenid, pearmain, radiomen, raiments, ramekins, ramequin, rearming, reinsman, remained, remaking, remating, renaming, rifleman, romaines, romanise, romanize, ruminate, seminars, seminary, smearing, terminal, trainmen, tramline, tyramine, urinemia, zemindar. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 6D 61 69 6E |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -- .- .. -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01101101 01100001 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e m a i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 006D 0061 0069 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527179677580 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Quotations: Speeches | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Orthography | 25. Bibliography |
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