Remain

Definition

remain /rÇ'meÇn/ v (usu not in the continuous tenses) ၁။ က်န္သည္။ (မျငင္းကြယ္)ႏိုင္တာ။ Very little of the house remained after the fire. ❍ Only about half of the original workforce remains. ❍ I feel sorry for her, but the fact remains that she lied to us. ❍ leave the remaining points for our next meeting ❍ There were only ten minutes remaining. ၂။ ဆက္လက္တည္ရိွသည္၊ ေနသည္။ remain standing/seated ❍ He remained silent. ❍ Let things remain as they are. ❍ In spite of their quarrel, they remained the best of friends. ၃။ ( fml ) (ေစာင့္ၾကည့္ရန္) လိုေသးသည္။ (ဆက္လုပ္ရန္) ရိွေသးသည္၊ က်န္ေသးသည္၊ လိုေသးသည္။ It remains to be seen (ie It will only be known later) whether you are right. ❍ Much remains to be done. ❍ Nothing remains except for me to say goodbye. ၄။ ( esp fml ) ေနရစ္သည္။ က်န္ရစ္ သည္။ I remained in Mexico City until May. ❍ The aircraft remained on the ground. ❍ She left, but I remanied (behind).

Examples

1. The dictator has remained in power for over 20 years.
2. The economy remains fragile.
3. Japan’s low crime rate remains the envy of the industrialized world.
4. Her answer remained ‘no’ even after we begged her to reconsider.
5. Population growth remains a serious issue in Bangladesh.
6. Andrew remained firm in his belief that the policy was wrong.
7. We remain confident that our company offers the lowest prices available.
8. [remain at/in/with etc] : You must remain in bed for three days after surgery.
9. His family remained at home while he looked for work in London.
10. My financial problems remained even after I had found a job.
11. Only a handful of these rare fish remain in Scotland.
12. Although the area has certainly improved
13. much remains to be accomplished.