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remain

(r/I/'m/eI/n )

stay the same; remain in a certain state(verb.change)

Example:
The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it.
He remained unmoved by her tears.

Synonym:
rest, stay
Antonym:
change

source: wordnet30
continue in a place, position, or situation(verb.stative)

Example:
Despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year.

Synonym:
continue, stay, stay on

source: wordnet30
be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.(verb.stative)

Example:
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.

source: wordnet30
stay behind(verb.stative)

Example:
The hostility remained long after they made up.

Synonym:
persist, stay

source: wordnet30
To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.(verb)

source: webster1913
To await; to be left to.(verb)

source: webster1913

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