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remain
'remain' - used as a verb
1. stay the same; remain in a certain state
The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it
He remained unmoved by her tears
2. continue in a place, position, or situation
despite student protests, he remained Dean 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 hostility remained long after they made up

derived forms
1. Remain / Past
remained
2. Remain / Third Person
remains
3. Remain / Present Participle
remaining
Variations of 'remain'
 
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