#Word_of_the_day💢#Remain /rɪˈmeɪn/ BrE AmE
#verbبقي؛ ظل؛ مكث
1️⃣LINKING VERB to continue to be in a particular situation or condition
🔹The dictator has
remained in power for over 20 years.
🔹The economy
remains fragile.
1️⃣🅰️to continue to be something, even after a long period of time
🔹Japan’s low crime rate
remains the envy of the industrialized world.
🔹Her answer
remained ‘no’ even after we begged her to reconsider.
🔹Population growth
remains a serious issue in Bangladesh.
1️⃣🅱️to have a particular attitude, opinion, or belief and not change it
🔹Andrew
remained firm in his
belief that the policy was wrong.
🔹We
remain confident that our company offers the lowest prices available.
2️⃣INTRANSITIVE to stay in a particular place or position and not leave it
🔘remain at/in/with etc:
🔹You must
remain in bed for three days after surgery.
🔹His family
remained at home while he looked for work in London.
3️⃣INTRANSITIVE to continue to exist, especially after other things have gone or been dealt with
🔹My financial problems
remained even after I had found a job.
🔹Only a handful of these rare fish
remain in Scotland.
🔹Although the area has certainly improved, much
remains to be accomplished.
📚#Register:
✨In
#everyday_English, people usually say something or someone
stays in a particular state, condition, or place, rather than
remains in it:
▪ We stayed friends.
📚#Phrases:
🚩it (only) remains for me to do something
🚩it remains to be seen (whether/what/how)
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