Definition of "remain" in English

noun

1. (chiefly in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.

2. (in the plural) 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. (obsolete) State of remaining; stay.

verb

1. 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.

2. (mathematics) 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.

3. 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.
   • , Book I That […] remains to be proved.

4. To await; to be left to.

5. (copulative) 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.