Await and Remain

Await

Await verb - To remain in place in readiness or expectation of something.

Usage example: crowds had been awaiting in the streets for hours

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Remain and await are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Remain" instead a verb "Await".

Remain

Remain verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.

Usage example: one of the three bridges known as “the London Bridge,” it was moved in the late 1960s to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it remains today

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Antonyms for Remain

Await and remain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Await" instead a verb "Remain".

Nearby Words: remainder, remaining

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Common collocations

group	await group	remain group
death	await death	remain death
time	await time	remain time
unclaimed	await unclaimed	remain unclaimed

Both words in one sentence

Still its ancient secrets await unclaimed And of this hidden temple, only legends remain.

Source: Video Game / Path of Exile
She gives the deceased three choices— they can await reincarnation in heaven, defy death and remain Walking the Earth as a ghost forever, or to get revenge on a human and kill them, and burn in agony eternally in hell.

Source: Manga / Skyhigh

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