to remain

Definition von to remain im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: rest; To await; to be left to; The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead; That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural; remains: That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body; State of remaining; stay; To continue in a state of being
The light remained red for two full minutes.; If something remains to be done, it has not yet been done and still needs to be done. Major questions remain to be answered about his work; literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc; {v} to continue, endure, be left, await; If you remain in a place, you stay there and do not move away. He will have to remain in hospital for at least 10 days; That which is left; relic; remainder; chiefly in the plural; 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"; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U; That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body; The remains of a person or animal are the parts of their body that are left after they have died, sometimes after they have been dead for a long time. The unrecognizable remains of a man had been found; did not fight a war; If someone or something remains in a particular state or condition, they stay in that state or condition and do not change. The three men remained silent The government remained in control He remained a formidable opponent It remains possible that bad weather could tear more holes in the tanker's hull; 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"; To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised; The remains of something are the parts of it that are left after most of it has been taken away or destroyed. They were tidying up the remains of their picnic; To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last; Historical remains are things that have been found from an earlier period of history, usually buried in the ground, for example parts of buildings and pieces of pottery. There are Roman remains all around us; vagueness If you say that it remains to be seen whether something will happen, you mean that nobody knows whether it will happen. It remains to be seen whether her parliamentary colleagues will agree; stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"; You can use remain in expressions such as the fact remains that or the question remains whether to introduce and emphasize something that you want to talk about. The fact remains that inflation is unacceptably high The question remains whether he was fully aware of the claims. see also remaining; {f} stay, abide; continue, go on; 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"; You can say that something remains when it still exists. The wider problem remains; The posthumous works or productions, esp