grudging: He even earned his opponents' grudging respect.
hesitant: She was hesitant about coming forward with her story.
rely ◆◇◇ /r I la I / (relies , relying , relied )
1 VERB If you rely on someone or something, you need them and depend on them in order to live or work properly. □ [V + on/upon ] They relied heavily on the advice of their professional advisers.
2 VERB If you can rely on someone to work well or to behave as you want them to, you can trust them to do this. □ [V + on/upon ] I know I can rely on you to sort it out. □ [V + on/upon ] The Red Cross are relying on us.
REM /ɑː r iː e m/ ADJ [ADJ n] REM sleep is a period of sleep that is very deep, during which your eyes and muscles make many small movements. It is the period during which most of your dreams occur. REM is an abbreviation for 'rapid eye movement'.
re|main ◆◆◆ /r I me I n/ (remains , remaining , remained )
1 V‑LINK If someone or something remains in a particular state or condition, they stay in that state or condition and do not change. □ [V adj] The three men remained silent. □ [V prep] The government remained in control. □ [V n] He remained a formidable opponent. □ [V adj] It remains possible that bad weather could tear more holes in the tanker's hull. [Also it V n that]
2 VERB If you remain in a place, you stay there and do not move away. □ [V prep] He will have to remain in hospital for at least 10 days. [Also V ]
3 VERB You can say that something remains when it still exists. □ [V ] The wider problem remains.
4 V‑LINK If something remains to be done, it has not yet been done and still needs to be done. □ Major questions remain to be answered about his work.
5 N‑PLURAL The remains of something are the parts of it that are left after most of it has been taken away or destroyed. □ [+ of ] They were tidying up the remains of their picnic.
6 N‑PLURAL The remains of a person or animal are the parts of their body that are left after they have died, sometimes after they have been dead for a long time. □ [+ of ] The unrecognizable remains of a man had been found.
7 N‑PLURAL Historical remains are things that have been found from an earlier period of history, usually buried in the ground, for example parts of buildings and pieces of pottery. □ There are Roman remains all around us.
8 V‑LINK You can use remain in expressions such as the fact remains that or the question remains whether to introduce and emphasize something that you want to talk about. □ [V that] The fact remains that inflation is unacceptably high. □ [V wh] The question remains whether he was fully aware of the claims.
9 → see also remaining
10 PHRASE If you say that it remains to be seen whether something will happen, you mean that nobody knows whether it will happen. [VAGUENESS ] □ It remains to be seen whether her parliamentary colleagues will agree. SYNONYMS remain VERB
1
continue: He insisted that the conflict would continue.
endure: Somehow the language endures and continues to survive.
persist: Contact your doctor if the cough persists.
go on: The population failed to understand the necessity for the war to go on.
2
stay: 'Stay here,' Trish said.
stay put: Nigel says for the moment he is very happy to stay put in Lyon.
wait: Angus got out of the car to wait.
re|main|der /r I me I ndə r / QUANT The remainder of a group are the things or people that still remain after the other things or people have gone or have been dealt with. □ [+ of ] He gulped down the remainder of his coffee. ● PRON Remainder is also a pronoun. □ Only 5.9 per cent of the area is covered in trees. Most of the remainder is farmland.
re|main|ing ◆◇◇ /r I me I n I ŋ/
1 ADJ [ADJ n] The remaining things or people out of a group are the things or people that still exist, are still present, or have not yet been dealt with. □ The three parties will meet next month to work out remaining differences.
2 → see also remain
re|make (remakes , remaking , remade ) The noun is pronounced /riː me I k/. The verb is pronounced /riː me I k/. 1 N‑COUNT A remake is a film that has the same story, and often the same title, as a film that was made earlier. □ [+ of ] …a 1953 remake of the thirties musical 'Roberta'.
2 VERB [usu passive] If a film is remade , a new film is made that has the same story, and often the same title, as a film that was made earlier. □ [be V -ed] Kurosawa's Seven Samurai cried out to be remade as a western (hence The Magnificent Seven).
3 VERB If you have something remade , you ask someone to make it again, especially in a way that is better than before. □ [have n V -ed] He had all the window frames in the room remade. [Also V n]
re|mand /r I mɑː nd, -mæ nd/ (remands , remanding , remanded )
1 VERB [usu passive] If a person who is accused of a crime is remanded in custody or on bail, they are told to return to the court at a later date, when their trial will take place. □ [be V -ed prep] Carter was remanded in custody for seven days.
2 N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n, on N ] Remand is used to refer to the process of remanding someone in custody or on bail, or to the period of time until their trial begins. □ The remand hearing is often over in three minutes.