What part of speech is remaining?

Remaining can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. remaining is a verb, gerund of remain (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does remaining mean?

Definitions

Adjective

remaining - not used up; "leftover meatloaf"; "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie"; "some odd dollars left"; "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper"; "unexpended provisions"

Verb

remain - be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.; "There remains the question of who pulled the trigger"; "Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war"
remain - stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
remain - continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
remain - stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"

Noun

remaining - An act or occurrence by which someone or something remains.
remaining - Remnant.

Examples of remaining

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Saved the remaining sandwiches for supper.
2. verb With respect to Deutsche Bank (""DB"), we have one credit issue remaining, DB would like us to add all the Enron trading entities DB trades with as Specified Entities under the ISDA Master Agreement and we are somewhat hesitant to do so, as this could potentially roll up swaps under structured loan transactions into a default under the ISDA Agreement.
3. verb Sara and Bill Bradford in Credit are supposed to talk to the DB Credit people about this remaining issue.
4. verb As far as the EEI goes, the only remaining issue that I'm aware of (aside from finalizing the LOC) is whether we've finished coordinating the Attachment containing the list of prior transactions.
5. verb There were few students remaining in the classroom.
6. verb The door remaining locked up from inside, he could not enter the house.
7. verb Would you please send the remaining five units right away?
8. verb You oughtn't to go out with the little boy remaining alone.
9. verb There is quite a bit of water remaining.
10. verb He wavered between going home and remaining at work in the office.
11. verb She had a choice of going or remaining.
12. verb The book's weak-point is that it lacks credibility when a married writer recommends remaining unmarried.
13. verb After a long dispute the coal mines closed and the remaining miners were paid off.
14. verb Of the remaining words on the list, five are nouns.
15. verb Let's quickly finish the remaining work and go out for some drinks.
16. verb What's the remaining time?
Sentence  
adj.
Saved the remaining sandwiches for supper.
verb
With respect to Deutsche Bank (""DB"), we have one credit issue remaining, DB would like us to add all the Enron trading entities DB trades with as Specified Entities under the ISDA Master Agreement and we are somewhat hesitant to do so, as this could potentially roll up swaps under structured loan transactions into a default under the ISDA Agreement.
Sara and Bill Bradford in Credit are supposed to talk to the DB Credit people about this remaining issue.
As far as the EEI goes, the only remaining issue that I'm aware of (aside from finalizing the LOC) is whether we've finished coordinating the Attachment containing the list of prior transactions.
There were few students remaining in the classroom.
The door remaining locked up from inside, he could not enter the house.
Would you please send the remaining five units right away?
You oughtn't to go out with the little boy remaining alone.
There is quite a bit of water remaining.
He wavered between going home and remaining at work in the office.
She had a choice of going or remaining.
The book's weak-point is that it lacks credibility when a married writer recommends remaining unmarried.
After a long dispute the coal mines closed and the remaining miners were paid off.
Of the remaining words on the list, five are nouns.
Let's quickly finish the remaining work and go out for some drinks.
What's the remaining time?

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