Remain Remained True Rɪˈmeɪn Piece Sport Competing Winning

• to remain silent/standing/seated/motionless
• train fares are likely to remain unchanged.
• it remains true that sport is about competing well, not winning.
• despite threats of strike action, the management remain hopeful that an agreement can be reached.

remain

1. to continue to be something; to be still in the same state or condition
• to remain silent/standing/seated/motionless
• Train fares are likely to remain unchanged.
• It remains true that sport is about competing well, not winning.
• Despite threats of strike action, the management remain hopeful that an agreement can be reached.
• In spite of their quarrel, they remain the best of friends.
• He will remain (as) manager of the club until the end of his contract.
2. to still be present after the other parts have been removed, used, etc.; to continue to exist
• Very little of the house remained after the fire.
• Only about half of the original workforce remains.
• There were only ten minutes remaining.
3. to still need to be done, said, or dealt with
• Much remains to be done.
• It remains to be seen (= it will only be known later) whether you are right.
• There remained one significant problem.
• Questions remain about the president's honesty.
• I feel sorry for her, but the fact remains (that) she lied to us.
• While the film is undoubtedly too long, it is nevertheless an intriguing piece of cinema.
• It can be argued that the movie is too long. It is nonetheless an intriguing piece of cinema.
• The film is undoubtedly too long. Still, it is an intriguing piece of cinema.
• Of course, huge chunks of the book have been sacrificed in order to make a two-hour movie, but it is nevertheless a successful piece of storytelling.
• Critics are wrong to argue that the film’s plot is too complicated. Certainly there are a couple of major twists, but audiences will have no difficulty following them.
• It is true that you cannot make a good movie without a good script, but it is equally true that a talented director can make a good script into an excellent film.
• It remains to be seen whether these two movies herald a new era of westerns, but there is no doubt that they represent welcome additions to the genre.
4. to stay in the same place; to not leave
• They remained in Mexico until June.
• The plane remained on the ground.
• She left, but I remained behind.
5. to not become involved in something; to show no interest in people
• See related entries: Boredom
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/boredom/remain
• The Emperor kept himself aloof from the people.

Extra Examples

• It remains the case that not enough graduates are going into teaching.
• It remains to be seen whether you are right.
• It remains true that sport is about competing well, not winning.
• Questions remain about the president’s honesty.
• Security at the airport remains tight.
• The level of unemployment remains fairly constant at around 10%.
• The library will remain closed until next week.
• The pilot urged the passengers to remain calm.
• The puzzle remains of what happened to the ship.
• There is every prospect of the weather remaining dry this week.
• There remained one significant problem.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they remain
• he / she / it remains
• past simple remained
• past participle remained
• -ing form remaining

Word Origin

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