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How to pronounce remain in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms rest, stay
Type of be
Has types stick together, be, keep, keep out, sit tight, stand, stay fresh, stay together


The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it.
He remained unmoved by her tears.
Type Words
Synonyms continue, stay, stay on
Type of be
Has types abide, bide, stay, hold over


despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year.
Type Words
Synonyms persist, stay
Has types linger, stick


The hostility remained long after they made up.
Type Words
Type of be
Derivation remainder, remnant


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.

Examples of remain

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Scheduled to be a free agent, Ball said he would like to remain with the Titans.
From the tennessean.com
Others had problems with the fingerprint scanners, which remain finicky at best.
From the stltoday.com
Shoppers may cut back their purchases of other goods if pump prices remain high.
From the thenewstribune.com
Talented new teachers will lose their jobs while less effective teachers remain.
From the thenewstribune.com
Rick reminds us to numb your pain, Florida pill mills remain open and anonymous.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled this month that the hearing should remain open.
From the bostonherald.com
Millard North, 11-14 Omaha Burke and Millard South remain the final three teams.
From the omaha.com
Most donors are anonymous and wish to remain so, and most records are destroyed.
From the newsweek.com
City officials said they are not abandoning the Poe House and remain optimistic.
From the omaha.com
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  • Stay: 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"
  • Stay: 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"
  • 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: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
  • (remaining) leftover: not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"
  • (remains) any object that is left unused or still extant; "I threw out the remains of my dinner"
  • (remains) cadaver: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
  • (Remains (Alkaline Trio album)) Remains is a compilation album from Alkaline Trio that was released on January 30, 2007. The album is a collection of 22 tracks that the band has recorded for various compilations, EPs, B-sides and international releases. ...
  • (Remains (Annihilator album)) Remains is the sixth album by the band Annihilator. It was released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). All parts were performed by Jeff Waters except where noted in personnel.