Past tense of remain
regular verb
The past tense of remain is remained. The past participle is also remained.
Forms of remain
| Base form (V1) | remain /ɹɪˈmeɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | remained /ɹɪˈmeɪnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | remained /ɹɪˈmeɪnd/ |
| Present participle | remaining /ɹɪˈmeɪnɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | remains /ɹɪˈmeɪnz/ |
Remained in a sentence
- After three rounds of interviews, only 5 candidates remained.
- She remained a force in local politics until her death.
- As I tiptoed past the sleeping dog, my heart was pounding but I remained silent.From the entry pound
- He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.From the entry kill
- He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.From the entry far
Meaning of remain
- noun That which is left; relic; remainder.
- noun That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
- noun Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
Questions about the past tense of remain
- What is the past tense of remain?
- The past tense of remain is remained.
- What is the past participle of remain?
- The past participle of remain is remained.
- Is remain a regular or irregular verb?
- Remain is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: remain (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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