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cheering on

cheering on is the present participle and gerund of cheer on.

Meaning of cheer on

Verb

cheer on (third-person singular simple present cheers on, present participle cheering on, simple past and past participle cheered on)

  1. (transitive) To cheer and support (a team or individual); to barrack; to root for.

Questions about cheering on

What is cheering on the present participle and gerund of?
Cheering on is the present participle and gerund of cheer on.

Words near cheering on in the dictionary

  1. cheerily
  2. cheerin'
  3. cheeriness
  4. cheerinesses
  5. cheering
  6. cheering on
  7. cheering to the echo
  8. cheering up
  9. cheeringly
  10. cheerings
  11. cheerio

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cheering on (page history and authors); cheer on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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