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verb
- 1. stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave: "she lingered in the yard, enjoying the warm sunshine" Similar Opposite
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to take a long time to leave or disappear: After the play had finished, we lingered for a while in the bar hoping to catch sight of the actors. The smell from the fire still lingered days later. It's impossible to forget such horrific events - they linger (on) in the memory forever. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Staying and remaining
The meaning of LINGER is to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry. How to use linger in a sentence.
Linger definition: to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave. See examples of LINGER used in a sentence.
to take a long time to leave or disappear: After the play had finished, we lingered for a while in the bar hoping to catch sight of the actors. The smell from the fire still lingered days later. It's impossible to forget such horrific events - they linger (on) in the memory forever.
linger. (lɪŋgəʳ ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense lingers , present participle lingering , past tense, past participle lingered. 1. verb. When something such as an idea, feeling, or illness lingers, it continues to exist for a long time, often much longer than expected.
[intransitive] linger (on somebody/something) to continue to look at somebody/something or think about something for longer than usual. His eyes lingered on the diamond ring on her finger.
Definitions of linger. verb. remain present although waning or gradually dying. “Her perfume lingered on” see more. verb. be about. synonyms: footle, hang around, lallygag, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry. see more. verb. take one's time; proceed slowly. synonyms: dawdle. see more. verb.
Linger definition: to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave. See examples of LINGER used in a sentence.
Definition of linger verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. † intransitive. To dwell, abide, stay (in a place). Obsolete. Expand. 2. To stay behind, tarry, loiter on one's way; to stay on or… 3. ‘To remain long in languor and pain’ (Johnson); to continue… 4. To be tardy in doing or beginning anything; to hesitate… Expand. 5. figurative, chiefly of immaterial things. Expand. 6. quasi-transitive.
