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remainder

remainder

74 2.7
The part left after the other parts are used or removed
  • noun
  • /rɪˈmeɪndər/
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  • And Regina's backpack caught on fire a little bit and Janis was kicked out of school for the remainder of the year.
  • the remainder of the day
  • the remainder of the week
  • the remainder of the year

And this part down here, what's left, this whole thing is your remainder.

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Examples

  • For the remainder of this journey you will be traveling in coach.

  • Ladies and gentlemen, I will be your host for the remainder of the evening.

  • We should really enjoy the remainder of the day.

  • For now, please sit back, relax, and enjoy the remainder of the flight.

  • Eight of these have already been delivered, with the remainder to be delivered by 2005.

    Academic text (1999)
  • I intend to live the remainder of the years God gives me doing the things I have always done.

  • After a break, students spend the remainder of the session working with the curriculum online.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Sixty percent of the forest lies in Bangladesh, with the remainder in India.

    Academic text (2013)
  • William Shakespeare, however, spent the remainder of his days, not in the playhouses of London, but in the small town of his birth, Stratford-upon-Avon, as a businessman and grain merchant.

  • We should really enjoy the remainder of the day after the picnic.

Synonyms

rest
vsremainder
1.0

The part that is left after the others are taken

is limited to parts of a single thing not to groups of people
residue
vsremainder
148 4.1

A small amount left on something after most is removed

is less specific about size and can mean any part that is left
remnant
vsremainder
104 4.2

A small piece, often cloth, left when the rest is used or thrown away

is the general leftover term that does not imply small size or fabric
end
vsremainder
102 7.5

A leftover piece of cloth used for sewing or crafts

is the general leftover idea not limited to cloth pieces
remains
vsremainder
86 3.6

Things left after the rest is used, eaten, or taken away

is broader applying to any part left not only physical materials
balance
vsremainder
53 3.9

The part left after most has been used or taken

is a general leftover idea not focused on measured amounts
residual
vsremainder
1 6.0

A part left after the main part is used

is a general leftover concept not stressing measurement or quantity
residuum
vsremainder
1 9.9

A part that remains after the main parts are removed or used

is the neutral everyday term rather than a formal scientific label
leavings
vsremainder
5.1

Small pieces of food and other things left after people eat or use them

is the general leftover term not especially tied to eating or food
oddment
vsremainder
9.6

A small piece of cloth left after making larger items

is broader and covers any part left not mainly fabric scraps

Antonyms

484 1.0

All of something seen as one unit

443 1.0

The whole amount you get when you add numbers together

How Much

majority
2.1
bulk
121 2.7
remainder
74 2.7
portion
449 2.1
bit
1.0
trace
492 3.3

Surface Forms

remainder singular
remainders plural

Morphology

remainder = remain (transparent) = remain + der

The noun denotes 'that which remains' and is directly predictable from 'remain' plus a nominalizing ending.

Etymology

Remainder comes from the same root as remain, from Latin parts re- ('again') and manēre ('to stay'). So a remainder is simply what 'stays' or is left after the rest has been used or taken away.