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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
remaining
adj
  1. not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"
    Synonym(s): leftover, left over(p), left(p), odd, remaining, unexpended
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Remain \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}.]
      1. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after
            others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a
            number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be
            left as not included or comprised.
  
                     Gather up the fragments that remain.   --John vi. 12.
  
                     Of whom the greater part remain unto this present,
                     but some are fallen asleep.               --1 Cor. xv.
                                                                              6.
  
                     That . . . remains to be proved.         --Locke.
  
      2. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or
            undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to
            last.
  
                     Remain a widow at thy father's house. --Gen.
                                                                              xxxviii. 11.
  
                     Childless thou art; childless remain. --Milton.
  
      Syn: To continue; stay; wait; tarry; rest; sojourn; dwell;
               abide; last; endure.
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