remains

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɪˈmeɪnz/

Noun

1. What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.

   They buried the remains of their longtime friend in the town cemetery.

   The victim's remains were one small piece of bone.

2. Historical or archaeological relics.
3. The extant writings of a deceased person.

   To his great intellectual powers his published remains bear abundant witness.

4. All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.

   He couldn't bring himself to eat the remains of the chicken dinner.

Translations

• French: dépouille, cendres, restes
• German: Gebeine, Überrest
• Italian: resti, spoglie, reliquia
• Portuguese: restos
• Russian: остаток
• Spanish: restos

Translations

• French: ruines
• German: Ruinen
• Italian: rovine
• Portuguese: ruína
• Russian: развалина

Translations

• French: reste, restes
• Italian: avanzi, rimasugli, racimoli, resti
• Portuguese: resto
• Russian: остаток

Noun

1. (rare) plural form of remain

Verb

1. third-person singular form of remain

   We'll go ahead, while she remains here.

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