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remaining

/ɹɪˈmeɪnɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
  3. To await; to be left to.
  4. To continue in a state of being.
  5. An act or occurrence by which someone or something remains
  6. Remnant.
  7. Which remains, especially after something else has been removed.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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