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remaining

 
Adjective remaining has 2 senses
  1. remaining - being the remaining one or ones of several; "tried to sell the remaining books"
    Antonym:
    same (indirect, via other)
  2. leftover, left over, left, odd, remaining, unexpended - not used up; "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"
    Antonym: exhausted (indirect, via unexhausted)
Verb remain has 4 senses
  1. stay, remain, rest - 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"
    --1 is one way to be
    Sample sentence:
    John will remain angry
  2. stay, stay on, continue, remain - 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"
    --2 is one way to be
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. remain - 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"
    --3 is one way to
    be
    Derived forms: noun remainder1, noun remainder4, noun remnant1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  4. persist, remain, stay - stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
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