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remaining

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re⋅main

  [ri-meyn]
Use remaining in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
2. to stay behind or in the same place: to remain at home; I'll remain here when you go to the airport.
3. to be left after the removal, loss, destruction, etc., of all else: The front wall is all that remains of the fort.
4. to be left to be done, told, shown, etc.: Only the dishwashing remains.
5. to be reserved or in store.
–noun
6. Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
7. remains,
a. miscellaneous, fragmentary, or other writings still unpublished at the time of an author's death.
b. traces of some quality, condition, etc.
c. a dead body; corpse.
d. parts or substances remaining from animal or plant life that occur in the earth's crust or strata: fossil remains; organic remains.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME remainen < AF remain-, stressed s. of MF remanoir < L remanēre, equiv. to re- re- + manēre to stay; see manor

Synonyms:
1. abide, stay. See continue. 2. wait, tarry, rest. 3. endure, abide.

Antonyms:
2. depart.
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re·main   (rĭ-mān')   
intr.v.   re·mained, re·main·ing, re·mains

  1. To continue in the same state or condition: These matters remain in doubt.

  2. To continue to be in the same place; stay or stay behind: We are remaining at home.

  3. To be left after the removal, loss, passage, or destruction of others: Only a few trees remain. See Synonyms at stay1.

  4. To be left as still to be dealt with: A cure remains to be found.

  5. To endure or persist.


[Middle English remainen, from Old French remanoir, remainer, from Latin remanēre : re-, re- + manēre, to remain; see men-3 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

remain 
c.1375, from O.Fr. remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from L. remanere "to remain, to stay behind," from re- "back" + manere "to stay, remain." Remains (n.), euphemism for "corpse," is attested from c.1700, from mortal remains. The noun remain "those left over or surviving" is attested from c.1470, but the more usual n. form in Eng. has been remainder (1424), from Anglo-Fr. remainder (O.Fr. remaindre), variant of O.Fr. remanoir.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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