remain

 
Pronunciation: /rɪˈmeɪn/

verb

[no object]
  • 1continue to exist, especially after other similar people or things have ceased to do so: a cloister is all that remains of the monastery
  • stay in the place that one has been occupying: her husband remained at the flat in Regent’s Park
  • [with complement] continue to possess a particular quality or fulfil a particular role: he had remained alert the whole time
  • 2be left over or outstanding after others or other parts have been completed, used, or dealt with: a more intractable problem remains

Phrases

remain to be seen

used to express the notion that something is not yet known: she has broken her leg, but it remains to be seen how badly

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remanere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + manere 'to stay'