Meaning

5 senses
  1. A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.

    My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder.

    You can have the remainder of my clothes.

    Rest

    оста́токostátok, оста́ткиostátki

    за́лишокzályšok, ре́штаréšta, оста́чаostáča

    something left after other parts have been taken away

  2. The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If n (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then n can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ≤ r < d.

    17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.

    11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1.

    Rest, Teilungsrest

    оста́токostátok

    оста́чаostáča

  3. The number left over after a simple subtraction

    10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6

    Rest

    ра́зностьráznostʹ, оста́токostátok

    різни́цяriznýcja

    a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

  4. Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.

    I got a really good price on this shirt because it was a remainder.

    Restposten

    оста́токostátok, оста́ткиostátki

    ре́штаréšta, ре́шткиréštky

  5. An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Tom spent the remainder of the night thinking about Mary.

    ruОстаток ночи Том провёл, думая о Мэри.

    deTom verbrachte den Rest der Nacht damit, an Mary zu denken.

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  2. Find the remainder when 2²⁰¹³ is divided by 3.

    Знайдіть залишок від ділення 2²⁰¹³ на 3.

    deBestimme den Rest der Zahl 2²⁰¹³ bei Division durch 3.

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  3. The remainder of his tirade included a number of swear words.

    Залишок його тиради був наповнений лайкою.

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  4. The remainder of the evening was peaceful.

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  5. Yanni scraped off the remainder of the resin.

    deYanni kratzte das restliche Harz ab.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
what remains after some has been removed:
mathematics: number left over after a simple subtraction:
items left unsold and subject to reduction in price:
Русский
By meaning 2
what remains after some has been removed:
mathematics: number left over after a simple subtraction:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
what remains after some has been removed:
mathematics: amount left over after repeatedly subtracting the divisor:
items left unsold and subject to reduction in price:

Origin

From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive use

From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun.

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Forms

plural: remainders

Synonyms

19 synonyms
a part or parts remaining:remnant
Close in meaning

Antonyms

7 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
remainder — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto