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English to English noun
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State of remaining; stay. |  | source: webster1913 verb
| 2 |
stay the same; remain in a certain state | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
| 3 |
continue in a place, position, or situation | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
| 4 |
be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc. | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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stay behind | | Example: The smell stayed in the room
The hostility remained long after they made up
source: wordnet30
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To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised. | | source: webster1913
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To await; to be left to. | | source: webster1913
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