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remain

/ɹɪˈmeɪn/ · 6 letters · 6 distinct letters

  1. verb

    stay the same; remain in a certain state

    The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it

  2. verb

    continue in a place, position, or situation

    After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser

  3. verb

    be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.

    There remains the question of who pulled the trigger

  4. verb

    stay behind

    The smell stayed in the room

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