Meaning & Definition of Remain in English

1. Stay the same

• Remain in a certain state

• "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"

2. Continue in a place, position, or situation

• "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"

3. Be left

• Of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.

• "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"

4. Stay behind

• "The smell stayed in the room"

• "The hostility remained long after they made up"