remaining

adjective

re·​main·​ing ri-ˈmā-niŋ 

: left over after a part has been destroyed, taken, used, or lost

Dough should not stick to sides of bowl; if it does, add some or all of remaining 2 tablespoons of bread flour until dough cleans sides of bowl.

—Tish Boyle

"You're good people," Kugelmass said, combing his few remaining hairs as he climbed into the cabinet again.

—Woody Allen

The researchers, focusing on distinct oral languages, not dialects, interviewed and made recordings of the few remaining speakers of a language and collected basic word lists.

—John Noble Wilford

Examples of remaining in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Here in the Pacific Northwest, our dominant evergreens are unchanged, but my neighborhood is dotted with maples whose remaining leaves have thinned to translucence, glowing in rays of weakening sun. —Morgan Lockhart, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025

After wishes are granted, remaining funds assist people with similar needs throughout the year. —Andy Smith, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2025

But Ngai is now one of the few remaining female CEOs in the space–and the only one leading a company as old as AS Watson. —Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025

Repeat with remaining cakes, adding additional oil as needed. —Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for remaining

• abstaining
• attaining
• campaigning
• complaining
• constraining
• containing
• detaining
• disdaining
• entraining
• explaining
• maintaining
• obtaining