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English verb: remain | |||
| 1. | remain (change) stay the same; remain in a certain state | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Examples | John will remain angry | ||
| Synonyms | rest, stay | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Something ----s Adjective/Noun. Somebody ----s Adjective | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | be, keep, keep out, sit tight, stand, stay fresh, stay together, stick together | ||
| Antonyms | change | ||
| 2. | remain (stative) continue in a place, position, or situation | ||
| Samples | 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 | continue, stay, stay on | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abide, bide, hold over, stay | ||
| 3. | remain (stative) be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc. | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| 4. | remain (stative) stay behind | ||
| Samples | The smell stayed in the room. The hostility remained long after they made up. | ||
| Synonyms | persist, stay | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | linger, stick | ||
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