Dictionary Check: remain
"remain" is a valid word!
Scrabble
8
points
Words with Friends
10
points
Definition
verb
stay the same; remain in a certain state
Example:
"The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"
verb
continue in a place, position, or situation
Example:
"After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"
verb
be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
Example:
"There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"
verb
be in a certain place and not leave
Example:
"We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"
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