|Origin:||remaindre, from Latin remanere, from manere 'to stay'|
re‧main S1 W1
1 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, linking verb]
to continue to be in the same state or condition:
Please remain seated until all the lights are on.
We remained friends.
The boy remained silent.
Despite the job losses, Parker remained as manager.
remain unclear/unchanged/unanswered etc
Many scientists remain unconvinced by the current evidence.
2 [intransitive] formal
to stay in the same place without moving away [= stay]
remain at/in/with etc! In spoken English it is more usual to use stay.
She was too ill to remain at home.
The refugees were allowed to remain in the UK.
to continue to exist or be left after others have gone, been used, or been destroyed:
Little of the original building remains.
The score is tied, with fifteen minutes remaining.
What remains of his original art collection is now in the city museum.
to be left after other things have been dealt with
remain to be done
Several points remain to be settled.
There remained a few jobs still to be finished.
The fact remains that racism is still a considerable problem.
used to say that it is still uncertain whether something will happen or is true:
It remains to be seen whether the operation was successful.