Dictionary definition · remain
verb
- stay the same; remain in a certain state"The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"
- continue in a place, position, or situation"After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"
- be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc."There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"
- be in a certain place and not leave"We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).