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Remaining

//ɹɪˈmeɪnɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Which remains, especially after something else has been removed. not-comparable

    "May I have the only remaining cake?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not used up wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An act or occurrence by which someone or something remains obsolete, uncountable

    "For where Gelasius saith, that "there remaineth the substance or nature of bread and wine," to declare thereby the remaining of two natures in Christ, you say, that "Gelasius' saying may be verified in the last, and not in the first," that is to say, that the nature of bread and wine remaineth."

  2. 2
    remnant. countable, rare
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of remain form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "They will be remaining behind. (progressive)"

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, remain + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, remain + -ing.

Etymology 3

By surface analysis, remain + -ing.

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