What is the meaning of remaining?

verb

  • Stay the same; remain in a certain state.
    • usage: "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"
  • Continue in a place, position, or situation.
    • usage: "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"
  • Be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc..
    • usage: "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"
  • Stay behind.
    • usage: "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

adjective

  • Not used up.
    • usage: "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"
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APAWordNet. (2010). remaining. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/remaining/definitions/1182185
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HarvardWordNet 2010, remaining, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/remaining/definitions/1182185>.
MLAWordNet. "remaining" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/remaining/definitions/1182185>
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