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Word entry · 6 letters

remain

Best crossword clue

"Stay in place"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈmeɪn/Part of speech verbSorted aeimnrStarts with REnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. stay the same; remain in a certain state

Word origin

From Middle English remainen, from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remaneō, maneō, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay”).

Used in a sentence

  • After three rounds of interviews, only 5 candidates remained.
  • I like to make more than enough food if I have people round for dinner, so I can eat my way through what remains in the following days.
  • Gather up the fragments that remain.

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