Leave and Remain

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Leave

Leave verb - To cause to remain behind.
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Synonyms for Leave
Antonyms for Leave
Remain is an antonym for leave in depart topic.
Nearby Words: leaving, leaven, leaved, leaver

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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Synonyms for Remain
Antonyms for Remain
Leave is an antonym for remain in topics: stay behind, stay.
Nearby Words: remainder, remaining
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Common collocations

character leave character remain character
people leave people remain people
group leave group remain group
place leave place remain place
Other words: time, way, world, money, country, game.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Parasite Eve 2 Averted with the Golem mooks where their bodies remain on the screen after you kill them and they still remain there even if you leave and return.
    Source: Video Game / Parasite Eve 2
  • Unicorn Since Bigfeet leave big obvious footprints, but unicorns leave none, they make the perfect mounts for a race that wants to remain hidden.
    Source: Unicorn
  • Literature / Chronicles of Prydain The ending indicates that she'll remain with Taran rather than leave Prydain, so she becomes this to him permanently.
    Source: Literature / Chronicles of Prydain
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