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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REMAINING

ppr. Continuing; resting; abiding for an indefinite time; being left after separation and removal of a part, or after loss or destruction, or after a part is passed, as of time.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

remaining

re main ing |riˈmāniNG rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ | adjective 1 still existing, present, or in use; surviving: Lilly was my last remaining close relative | the few remaining employees are working part-time. 2 not yet used, dealt with, or resolved; outstanding: they advertised for any remaining creditors to come forward. 3 still to happen; future: it will likely take six wins in the eight remaining games.

 

Oxford Dictionary

remaining

re ¦main |ing |rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ | adjective 1 still existing, present, or in use; surviving: Lilly was my last remaining close relative | the few remaining employees are working part-time. 2 not yet used, dealt with, or resolved; outstanding: they advertised for any remaining creditors to come forward. 3 still to happen; future: England have forbidden him to play in the remaining fixtures.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

remaining

remaining adjective 1 the remaining workers: residual, surviving, left over; extra, surplus, spare, superfluous, excess. 2 his remaining jobs: unsettled, outstanding, unfinished, incomplete, to be done, unattended to. 3 my only remaining memories: surviving, lasting, enduring, continuing, persisting, abiding, (still ) existing.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

remaining

remaining adjective 1 the cutbacks will help protect the jobs of the remaining 160 workers | he still had 4,300 pounds of fuel remaining: residual, surviving, left, left over, unused; extra, surplus, spare, superfluous, excess, in excess, in addition. 2 he settled his remaining debts: unsettled, outstanding, unresolved, unfinished, incomplete, to be done, undone, not done, unattended to; unpaid. 3 those are my only remaining memories of my first five years: surviving, lasting, enduring, continuing, persisting, lingering, abiding, long-lived, (still ) existing, extant, in existence, living, lifelong, long-term, perennial. ANTONYMS short-lived.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

remaining

re main ing /rɪméɪnɪŋ /形容詞 名詞 の前で 〗残りの, 残っている .