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    re·mains
    [rəˈmānz]
    noun
    remains (plural noun)
    1. the parts left over after other parts have been removed, used, or destroyed:
      "the remains of a sandwich lunch were on the table"
      • historical or archaeological relics:
        "Roman remains"
      • a person's body after death:
        "he left instructions regarding the disposal of his remains"
    Origin
    late Middle English (occasionally treated as singular): from Old French remain, from remaindre, from an informal form of Latin remanere (see remain).
    re·main
    [rəˈmān]
    verb
    remains (third person present)
    1. continue to exist, especially after other similar or related people or things have ceased to exist:
      "a cloister is all that remains of the monastery"
      • stay in the place that one has been occupying:
        "her husband remained at the beach condo"
      • continue to possess a particular quality or fulfill a particular role:
        "he had remained alert the whole time"
      • be left over after others or other parts have been completed, used, or dealt with:
        "several years remain in the transition period"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remanere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + manere ‘to stay’.
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    noun
    1. the parts left over after other parts have been removed, used, or destroyed:
    verb
    1. continue to exist, especially after other similar or related people or things have ceased to exist:
      Opposite:
      cease to exist
     
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  1. the things or parts of something that continue to exist when other parts or things no longer do: Rescue workers searched the remains of the house. A person’s remains are that person’s dead body.
    dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/remains
    to stay in the same place or in the same condition: The doctor ordered him to remain in bed for a few days. Most commentators expect the basic rate of tax to remain at 25 percent. [ + to infinitive ] A great many things remain to be done (= have not yet been done). He remained silent. It remains a secret.
    dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/remain
    Remains definition: any pieces, scraps, fragments, etc, that are left unused or still extant, as after use, consumption, the passage of time, etc.
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