REMAINING

leftover, left over, left, odd, remaining, unexpended

(adjective) not used up; “leftover meatloaf”; “she had a little money left over so she went to a movie”; “some odd dollars left”; “saved the remaining sandwiches for supper”; “unexpended provisions”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

remaining

present participle of remain

Noun

remaining (plural remainings)

(uncountable, now obsolete or in theology) An act or occurrence by which someone or something remains

(countable, rare) Remnant.

Usage notes

• Also used as gerund.

Synonyms

• rest

• balance

Adjective

remaining (not comparable)

Which remains, especially after something else has been removed.

Synonyms

• left

• surviving

Source: Wiktionary

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REMAIN

Re*main" (r-mn"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Remained (-mnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Remaining.] Etym: [OF. remaindre, remanoir, L. remanere; pref. re- re- + manere to stay, remain. See Mansion, and cf. Remainder, Remnant.]

1. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised. Gather up the fragments that remain. John vi. 12. Of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 1 Cor. xv. 6. That . . . remains to be proved. Locke.

2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. Remain a widow at thy father's house. Gen. xxxviii. 11. Childless thou art; childless remain. Milton.

Syn.

– To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell; abide; last; endure.

Re*main", v. t.

Definition: To await; to be left to. [Archaic] The easier conquest now remains thee. Milton.

Re*main" n.

1. State of remaining; stay. [Obs.] Which often, since my here remain in England, I 've seen him do. Shak.

2. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural. "The remains of old Rome." Addison. When this remain of horror has entirely subsided. Burke.

3. Specif., in the plural: (a) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. Old warriors whose adored remains In weeping vaults her hallowed earth contains! Pope.

(b) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's Remains.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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