To Remain

1. To stay after others or other parts have been removed or otherwise disappeared.
2. (mathematics) To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.
3. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
4. To await; to be left to.
5. (copulative) To continue in a state of being.

Synonyms

• (to stay behind while others withdraw): linger, stay, tarry; stay behind
• (to be left over after a portion is removed): rest, stay; remain
• (to continue unchanged): endure, last, stay; persist
• (to await; to be left to): await, bide, wait; wait for
• (to continue in a state of being): stay
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