Hyphenation of remain

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word remain? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

re-main

Definitions of remain:

1.	Stay the same Remain in a certain state The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it Rest assured Stay alone He remained unmoved by her tears The bad weather continued for another week
2.	Continue in a place, position, or situation After graduation
3.	She stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser Stay with me
4.	Please Despite student protests
5.	He remained Dean for another year She continued as deputy mayor for another year
6.	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
7.	Stay behind The smell stayed in the room The hostility remained long after they made up

Synonyms of remain:

verb	stay, rest, be
verb	stay, stay on, continue, be
verb	be
verb	persist, stay

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.