remainder
- noun
- /rɪˈmeɪndər/
- 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.
- And this part down here, what's left, this whole thing is your remainder.
- So in the remainder of the time we should consider what is the church, What do we mean by the church?
- But once you see the narcissistic stuff clearly, the remainder of the hope then starts to go, and with time, you may go too.
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
The part that is left after the others are taken
A small amount left on something after most is removed
A small piece, often cloth, left when the rest is used or thrown away
A leftover piece of cloth used for sewing or crafts
Things left after the rest is used, eaten, or taken away
The part left after most has been used or taken
A part left after the main part is used
A part that remains after the main parts are removed or used
Small pieces of food and other things left after people eat or use them
A small piece of cloth left after making larger items
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.