Meaning

4 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)The body or any of its matter that are 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.

    Gebeine, Überreste

    оста́ткиostátki, оста́нкиostánki

  2. (plural, plural only)Historical or archaeological relics.

    Ruinen

    разва́линыrazváliny, руи́ныruíny

  3. (plural, plural only)The extant writings of a deceased person.

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

  4. (plural, plural only)All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.

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

    оста́ткиostátki

More definitions
  • any object that is left unused or still extant
  • a relic that has been excavated from the soil
  • the dead body of a human being

Examples

455 sentences
  1. That remains a major problem.

    Це залишається важливою проблемою. — miketheknight

    ruЭто остаётся главной проблемой. — marafon

  2. Tom remains in Boston.

    Том залишається в Бостоні. — deniko

    deTom bleibt in Boston. — arved

  3. Everything remains as it was.

    Все лишається як було. — deniko

    ruВсё остаётся как было. — marafon

    deEs bleibt alles so, wie es war. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

    Той, хто запитує - дурень на п'ять хвилин, а той, хто не запитує залишається дурнем назавжди. — deniko

    deWer fragt, ist ein Narr für fünf Minuten, wer nicht fragt, bleibt ein Narr sein Leben lang. — Esperantostern

  5. The problem remains unsolved.

    Ця проблема ще не вирішена. — deniko

    ruПроблема остаётся нерешённой. — Hellerick

    deDas Problem bleibt ungelöst. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
what is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse:
relic of an ancient building or other structure:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
what is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse:
relic of an ancient building or other structure:

Forms

plural: remainses
Singularremains
Pluralremainses

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • remains unsolved
  • remains a mystery
  • still remains
  • that remains a
  • remains to be

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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