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remain

noun
/ɹɪˈmeɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English remainen, from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remaneō, maneō, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay”). Displaced native Middle English beliven, bliven (“to remain”) (from Old English belīfan (“to remain, stay”)) due to confluence with related Middle English beleven (“to leave behind”), with which it merged. More at beleave and belive.

  1. derived from *men-✻
  2. derived from remaneō
  3. inherited from remainen

Definitions

  1. That which is left

    That which is left; relic; remainder.

  2. That which is left of a human being after the life is gone

    That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.

  3. Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. State of remaining

      State of remaining; stay.

    2. To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.

      • After three rounds of interviews, only 5 candidates remained.
      • I like to make more than enough food if I have people round for dinner, so I can eat my way through what remains in the following days.
      • Gather up the fragments that remain.

    3. To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off

      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.

    4. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity

      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.
      • Remain a widow at thy father's house.
      • , Book I That […] remains to be proved.

    5. To await

      To await; to be left to.

    6. To continue in a state of being.

      • There was no food in the house, so I had to remain hungry.
      • The light remained red for two full minutes.

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Derived

Bremain, Bremoaner, remainee, remainer, Remainiac, remain to be seen, right to remain silent

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at remain. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at remain. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at remain

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA