Definition of Remaining

1. Adjective. Not used up. "Unexpended provisions"

Exact synonyms: Left, Left Over, Leftover, Odd, Unexpended
Similar to: Unexhausted

Definition of Remaining

1. Verb. (present participle of remain) ¹

2. Noun. (uncountable now obsolete or in theology) An act or occurrence by which someone or something remains ¹

3. Noun. (countable rare) Remnant. ¹

4. Adjective. which remains, especially after something else has been removed ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Remaining

1. remain [v] - See also: remain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Remaining

remain to be seen
remainder
remainder-man
remainder-men
remainder trust
remainder trusts
remaindered
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remainders
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remainest
remaineth
remaining (current term)
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Literary usage of Remaining

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1837)
"4) entitled "An act for adjusting the remaining claims upon the late deposite banks," and found the same to be truly enrolled ; when The Speaker signed the ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... that used in doing work other than conferring velocity on the projectile) remaining approximately the same, while the total energy increases, ..."

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