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1. Not used up
   "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"
   - leftover, left over, left, odd, unexpended

1. Stay the same; remain in a certain state
   "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"
   - stay, rest
    
2. Continue in a place, position, or situation
   "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"
   - stay, stay on, continue
    
3. Be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
   "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"
    
4. Stay behind
   "The hostility remained long after they made up"
   - persist, stay

See also: remainder, remnant, unexhausted

Type of: be