remain behind

  • 1remain behind — fall behind in payments …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 2remain-behind equipment — Unit equipment left by deploying forces at their bases when they deploy …

    Military dictionary

  • 3behind — I [[t]bɪha͟ɪnd[/t]] PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES ♦ (In addition to the uses shown below, behind is also used in a few phrasal verbs, such as fall behind and lie behind .) 1) PREP If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of …

    English dictionary

  • 4behind — adv., prep. 1) to fall, lag behind 2) to remain, stay behind 3) behind by (our team is behind by two points) 4) behind in, with (he s behind with his payments) 5) (misc.) to be solidly behind smb. ( to support smb. wholeheartedly ) * * * [bɪ… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 5behind — 1 /bI haInd/ preposition 1 at or towards the back of something: The cat ran out from behind a tree. | I got stuck behind a truck all the way to the airport. | Jane shut the door behind her. see front 1 2 not as successful or advanced as someone… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6remain — 01. All that [remained] after Larry left the room was the smell of his cigar. 02. People with HIV can [remain] in good health for years. 03. The Prime Minister is expected to [remain] in office until the end of the year, at which time he will… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 7Remain in Light — Studio album by …

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  • 8Remain — Re*main (r? m?n ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Remained} ( m?nd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Remaining}.] [OF. remaindre, remanoir, L. remanere; pref. re re + manere to stay, remain. See {Mansion}, and cf. {Remainder}, {Remnant}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To stay… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 9remain — [ri mān′] vi. [ME remainen < OFr remaindre < L remanere < re , back, behind + manere, to stay: see MANOR] 1. to be left or left over when the rest has been taken away, destroyed, or disposed of in some way 2. a) to stay while others go… …

    English World dictionary

  • 10remain — [v] stay, wait abide, be left, bide, bivouac, bunk*, cling, continue, delay, dwell, endure, freeze, go on, halt, hang, hang out, hold over, hold the fort*, hover, inhabit, keep on, last, linger, live, lodge, make camp, nest, outlast, outlive,… …

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