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Synonyms for remain
rɪˈmeɪnre·main
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
remain
To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide,"
Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.Synonyms:
abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watchAntonyms:
abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shunPreposition:
Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.
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stay, remain, restverb
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"
Synonyms:
breathe, quell, delay, bide, stick, pillow, stay, repose, last out, perch, ride out, persist, catch one's breath, rest, appease, lie, take a breather, reside, stick around, abide, stay on, stay put, outride, continue, detain, rooststay, stay on, continue, remainverb
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"
Synonyms:
go along, keep on, quell, delay, bide, stick, go on, stay, carry on, keep, cover, last out, ride out, persist, persist in, go forward, rest, appease, bear on, extend, proceed, retain, stick around, abide, stay on, stay put, uphold, preserve, outride, continue, detainremainverb
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"
persist, remain, stayverb
stay behind
"The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
Synonyms:
hang on, last out, delay, stay on, stick, quell, stay, die hard, hang in, ride out, persist, hold on, rest, appease, prevail, persevere, bide, run, stick around, abide, endure, stay put, outride, continue, detain
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remainverb
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stay
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#19 | be | |
#20 | are | |
#126 | last | |
#461 | live | |
#656 | keep | |
#672 | run | |
#846 | cover | |
#871 | watch | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1056 | continue | |
#1547 | rest | |
#1778 | stand | |
#2071 | wait | |
#2323 | expect | |
#2422 | maintain | |
#2490 | bear | |
#2590 | remain | |
#3021 | remains | |
#3387 | stick | |
#3446 | delay | |
#3496 | lodge | |
#4532 | extend | |
#4929 | lie | |
#5628 | proceed | |
#6750 | preserve | |
#6755 | staying | |
#6857 | retain | |
#7117 | survive | |
#8672 | pillow | |
#11701 | breathe | |
#12106 | abide | |
#13959 | halt | |
#14126 | anticipate | |
#14382 | reside | |
#17250 | confront | |
#17449 | dwell | |
#17822 | prevail | |
#17899 | endure | |
#17963 | tolerate | |
#18561 | persist | |
#19022 | await | |
#22440 | uphold | |
#23255 | perch | |
#27427 | accrue | |
#30748 | inhabit | |
#35230 | roost | |
#38211 | repose | |
#40155 | detain | |
#41596 | sojourn | |
#44813 | appease | |
#51937 | persevere | |
#53900 | quell | |
#59875 | tarry | |
#68400 | bide |
How to use remain in a sentence?
The entire Department is deeply saddened by the loss of our first active duty member to Covid-19. Our thoughts are with the family of the Theodore Roosevelt sailor who lost Theodore Roosevelt battle with the virus today. We remain committed to protecting our personnel and their families while continuing to assist in defeating this outbreak.
The message he has given very clearly is that the strategy that he took over is the strategy that will remain in place. It ain't broke, so don't fix it.
In our experience, Chinese management teams remain highly interested and motivated to list in the United States, given the relatively streamlined listing process, so if the IPO market recovers next year, we would expect a surge of new Chinese listings in 2023.
If they don't disclose such data, it can't be discussed. If the victims remain anonymous then there's less pressure for compensation.
Public opinion is intelligent and wants to see change, most French voters want to work, desire progress and remain lucid.
Translations for remain
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- مكث, بقي, بقى, يبقىArabic
- quedar-se, restarCatalan, Valencian
- zůstat, zbýtCzech
- bleiben, übrigbleiben, zurückbleibenGerman
- παραμένωGreek
- estar, permanecer, quedar, sobrar, quedarseSpanish
- استوار بودن, پایداشتن, بازماندن, ماندنPersian
- jäädä jäljelle, olla jäljellä, jäädä, pysyäFinnish
- demeurer, reste, resterFrench
- quedarGalician
- maradHungarian
- մնալArmenian
- rimanereItalian
- 居残る, 留まる, とどまる, 残るJapanese
- 머무르다Korean
- مانهوه, مایهوه, چاوهڕێKurdish
- maneo, sedeo, teneo, sto, remaneoLatin
- achterblijven, resteren, blijvenDutch
- pozostałościPolish
- continuar, remanescer, esperar, sobrar, resquício, restar, ficar, resto, permanecerPortuguese
- rămâneRomanian
- оставаться, остатьсяRussian
- ostatakSerbo-Croatian
- ostati, obstatiSlovene
- kvarstå, återstå, bli kvar, kvarvara, stanna kvar, kvarbliva, kvarlämnasSwedish
- kalmakTurkish
- залишитисяUkrainian
- duy trìVietnamese
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