remain

About 65.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun That which is left; relic; remainder.
2. noun That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
3. noun Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
4. noun State of remaining; stay.
5. verb To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.

   After three rounds of interviews, only 5 candidates remained.

6. verb To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

   If you divide 20 apples between three people, each gets six and two remain.

7. verb To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.

   Promise me you will always remain my good little girl.

8. verb To await; to be left to.

Similar words

stay on stay persist continue rest remainder dwell linger subsist survival

Often followed by

in a the at on to as with for

Word family

remained remaining remains