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| 1. | [ verb ] stay the same; remain in a certain state | |
| Synonyms: | stay rest | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | change be stand keep stick_together sit_tight be arrest | |
| 2. | [ verb ] continue in a place, position, or situation | |
| Synonyms: | stay stay_on continue | |
| Examples: | : "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" |
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| Related terms: | be bide hold_over lengthiness | |
| 3. | [ verb ] be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc. "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger" | |
| Examples: | "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war" |
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| Related terms: | be rest | |
| 4. | [ verb ] stay behind | |
| Synonyms: | persist stay | |
| Examples: | "The smell stayed in the room" "The hostility remained long after they made up" |
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| Related terms: | linger stick | |
| Similar spelling: |
renin rennin Reiman Rehman rein_in Reimann Romain romaine rename |
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