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1. Be in the same place or state for an extended period of time
   "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "He remained unmoved by her tears";
   - stay, rest
    
2. Be in the same place, position, or situation for longer
   "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year";
   - stay, stay on, continue
    
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. Be in an unchanged state for a long time; last a long time
   "The hostility remained long after they made up";
   - persist, stay

Derived forms: remained, remaining, remains

Type of: be

Antonym: change

Encyclopedia: Remain