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Definitions
Verb
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simple past tense and past participle of remain

"She remained at home all day while everyone else went to the party."

In plain English: Remained means to stay in the same place or condition without changing.

"She remained calm even when everyone else started to panic."

Example Sentences
"She remained calm even when everyone else started to panic." verb
"She remained calm even when everyone else was panicking." verb
"The snow remained on the ground until spring arrived." verb
"He remained silent throughout the entire meeting to avoid conflict." verb
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Origin

Remained is the past tense of remain, derived from Old French remaner (to stay), which combines re- (again) and manere (to dwell). Its original meaning was to continue living or staying in a specific place.

Rhyming Words
ned sned woned paned tuned coned faned acned mined waned vaned zoned laned pwned maned tined toned lined boned fined
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