to remain dormant

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• dormant — dor|mant [ dɔrmənt ] adjective something that is dormant is not active or developing now, but it may become active or develop in the future: The plants remain dormant all winter. a dormant volcano lie dormant (=remain dormant): The virus can lie… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dormant — UK [ˈdɔː(r)mənt] / US [ˈdɔrmənt] adjective something that is dormant is not active or developing now, but it may become active or develop in the future The plants remain dormant all winter. a dormant volcano lie dormant (= remain dormant): The… …   English dictionary

• dormant — dor|mant [ˈdo:mənt US ˈdo:r ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: , present participle of dormir to sleep , from Latin dormire] not active or not growing at the present time but able to be active later ≠ ↑active lie/remain dormant ▪ The seeds …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• dormant — adjective not active or not growing at the present time but able to be active later: The seeds remain dormant in the soil all winter. | lie dormant: Stress may activate the virus which has lain dormant in the blood. dormancy noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• dormant — dor‧mant [ˈdɔːmənt ǁ ˈdɔːr ] adjective something that is dormant has not been active for a long time, although it may become active in the future: • The project lay dormant for two years until we found a co sponsor. • Someone tampered with IBM… …   Financial and business terms

• remain — I (continue) verb adhere, be constant, be permanent, be steadfast, be tenacious, carry on, continue, endure, exist, extend, go on, hang on, hold out, keep, keep going, keep on, last, linger, maintain, outlast, outlive, perdure, perpetuate,… …   Law dictionary

• remain — v 1. continue, abide, endure, last, per dure, hold up; succeed, prevail; draw out, drag on, be protracted; Inf. stay put, Inf. stand pat, be immobile, be dormant, not stir, not move, vegetate. 2. stay, wait, rest, tarry, linger, dwell, reside,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• be dormant — index remain (stay), stay (rest) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• dormancy — /dawr meuhn see/, n. the state of being dormant. [1780 90; DORM(ANT) + ANCY] * * * ▪ biology Introduction       state of reduced metabolic activity adopted by many organisms under conditions of environmental stress or, often, as in winter, when… …   Universalium

• heteropteran — ▪ insect order Introduction   any member of the insect order Heteroptera, which comprises the so called true bugs. (Some authorities use the name Hemiptera; others consider both the heteropterans and the homopterans to be suborders of the… …   Universalium

• virus — viruslike, adj. /vuy reuhs/, n., pl. viruses. 1. an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA …   Universalium