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remainings

remainings is the plural of remaining.

Meaning of remaining

Noun

remaining (plural remainings)

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) An act or occurrence by which someone or something remains
    • For where Gelasius saith, that "there remaineth the substance or nature of bread and wine," to declare thereby the remaining of two natures in Christ, you say, that "Gelasius' saying may be verified in the last, and not in the first," that is to say, that the nature of bread and wine remaineth.1580, Thomas Cranmer, An Answer Unto A Crafty and Sophistical Cavillation Devised by Stephen Gardiner, Parker Society, published 1844, page 298
  2. (countable, rare) remnant.

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Questions about remainings

What is remainings the plural of?
Remainings is the plural of remaining.

Words near remainings in the dictionary

  1. Remainiacs
  2. remaining
  3. remaining performance obligation
  4. remaining performance obligations
  5. remaining to be seen
  6. remainings
  7. remains
  8. remains to be seen
  9. Remak fiber
  10. Remak fibers
  11. remakable

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