remainder

B1 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ɹəˈmeɪndɚ/ UK /ɹɪˈmeɪndə/ See IPA manual

Freq #18703

Meanings

1

noun
The part that is left after the rest has been used, taken, or dealt with.

My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder.
2

noun
(maths) The amount left over when one number does not divide exactly into another.

Seventeen divided by three leaves a remainder of two.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the part that is left after... remnant residual

More laveleavingsleftover ort relic remains remanent residue residuum rest rump surplus

Opposites

adjunct dearth decrement deficiency deficit shortageundersupply

Word family

Forms remainderedremainderingremainders

Derived forms pseudoremainderrremainder-manremainderlessremaindermanremaindership

Related forms modulus remainderman residual successor

Etymology

From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun.

remaindre Middle English

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Topics

General Vocabulary

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# remainder

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɹəˈmeɪndɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɹɪˈmeɪndə/
**Frequency rank:** 18703

## Meanings
1. The part that is left after the rest has been used, taken, or dealt with.
2. (maths) The amount left over when one number does not divide exactly into another.

## Examples
- My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder.
- Seventeen divided by three leaves a remainder of two.

## Synonyms
- lave
- leavings
- leftover
- ort
- relic
- remains
- remanent
- residue
- residuum
- rest
- rump
- surplus

## Antonyms
- adjunct
- dearth
- decrement
- deficiency
- deficit
- shortage
- undersupply

## Derived Forms
- pseudoremainder
- r
- remainder-man
- remainderless
- remainderman
- remaindership

## Related Forms
- modulus
- remainderman
- residual
- successor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: remaindre

## Etymology
From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun.

## AI Etymology
Remainder comes from Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun. Modern senses include the part that is left after the rest has been used, taken, or dealt with. and (maths) The amount left over when one number does not divide exactly into another.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as pseudoremainder, r, remainder-man, remainderless, remainderman, and remaindership and related forms such as modulus, remainderman, residual, and successor.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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