zurückbleiben — meaning in English

English meaning

• lag verb To fall behind or fail to keep pace with something else.
• remain verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.

Senses

zurückbleiben is used for these senses in English:

• lag To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
• remain To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
• stand back (intransitive, cricket) (of a wicket-keeper) to stand a long way behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a fast bowler
• stay behind (idiomatic) To remain where one is, whilst others leave.

lag — full definition

1. verb To fall behind or fail to keep pace with something else.
2. noun A delay between one event and another, especially in a signal, response, or process.

remain — full definition

1. verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.
2. verb To be left over after everything else has been used, removed, or dealt with.

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