remain

/rɪ'meɪn/ verb
6 letters2 syllables8 points in Scrabble®10 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS4
VERB
1

Stay the same; remain in a certain state.

“The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it”

“He remained unmoved by her tears”

2

Continue in a place, position, or situation.

“despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year”

3

Stay behind.

“The hostility remained long after they made up”

4

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”

WORD FORMS
Related formremainder
Related formremnant
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®8 points
Words With Friends®10 points
Double word16 points
Triple word24 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinemainray
Starts & ends withR … N
Syllablesre · main
SYNONYMS & RELATED7
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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