Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

remain to be seen

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English

Syllables: re-main -to be seen
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have not yet happened; to be as yet unknown.

Example Sentences

"It remains to be seen whether he will win the election."
"Then came the leak (to the AP) that [Lance Armstrong] had in fact told Oprah he'd been a doper. So all that remained to be seen were what words Armstrong would use and what demeanor he would display."
"It remains to be seen if goalkeeper Ederson will be available for those games after he was forced off in the eighth minute following a collision with City full-back Walker and Sean Longstaff that saw Newcastle have a goal disallowed for offside."

Inflected Forms

remains to be seen (present, singular) remaining to be seen (participle, present) remained to be seen (participle, past) remained to be seen (past)

Questions

What does remain to be seen mean?: To have not yet happened; to be as yet unknown.

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