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remain - stay

Remain and stay are often used with the same meaning. Remain is more formal than stay. To remain or stay in a particular state means to continue to be in that state.

Oliver remained silent.

I stayed awake all night.

If you remain or stay in a place, you do not leave it.

I was allowed to remain at home.

Fewer women these days stay at home to look after their children.

If something still exists, you can say that it remains. Don't say that it ‘stays’.

Even today parts of the old wall remain.

The wider problem remains.

If you stay in a town, hotel, or house, you live there for a short time.

How long can you stay in Brussels?

She was staying in the same hotel as I was.

Be careful
Don't use ‘remain’ with this meaning.

'remain' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

home - hope - keep - number - object - stay

Forum discussions with the word(s) "remain" in the title:

. remain or stay or both? - English Only forum
... it will remain so? - English Only forum
...not live and remain at liberty again without violating the law ... - English Only forum
...that Britain should remain in as close a relationship as possible with the EU - English Only forum
..stay as they are vs ...remain the way they are - English Only forum
“Canada-China relations will remain in the doghouse - English Only forum
(the) circuits remain open - English Only forum
a teacher best remain - English Only forum
a way for companies to remain competitive while avoiding.... - English Only forum
All I ask is that you remain calm. - English Only forum
Americans who continue to remain naïve frequently mistake me for a Muslim - English Only forum
and remain - English Only forum
and remain essentially unknown - English Only forum
and will <remain so><continue to be so><continue to be> - English Only forum
<Apostrophe> Remain or cancel? - English Only forum
are all that remain(s) - English Only forum
As long as I remain my willingness - English Only forum
As remain - English Only forum
ask vs ask for [for troops to remain] - English Only forum
asked his friends not to follow him and remain silent - English Only forum
be aside of or remain on the sidelines - English Only forum
be granted indefinite leave to remain - English Only forum
Be there/remain there (at somebody's place) - English Only forum
be/remain/stay [linking verbs?] - English Only forum
"become and remain" Paralellism? - English Only forum
Boost the vice-president’s profile as concerns remain around her performance - English Only forum
But some will remain, clinging to all solid surfaces - English Only forum
Can "remain" be used progressively? - English Only forum
Can you say 'remain at my ownership'? - English Only forum
could have been common earlier in each era and remain so invisible. - English Only forum
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