remain

verb

1. 1

   stay the same; remain in a certain state

   The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it

   rest assured

2. 2

   be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.

   There remains the question of who pulled the trigger

   Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war

3. 3

   continue in a place, position, or situation

   After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser

   Stay with me, please

4. 4

   stay behind

   The smell stayed in the room

   The hostility remained long after they made up