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lingered on

lingered on is the simple past and past participle of linger on.

Meaning of linger on

Verb

linger on (third-person singular simple present lingers on, present participle lingering on, simple past and past participle lingered on)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To continue to ponder or observe something for longer than normal.

Questions about lingered on

What is lingered on the simple past and past participle of?
Lingered on is the simple past and past participle of linger on.

Words near lingered on in the dictionary

  1. Lingenfelters
  2. linger
  3. linger on
  4. linger out
  5. lingered
  6. lingered on
  7. lingered out
  8. lingerer
  9. lingerers
  10. lingerest
  11. lingereth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lingered on (page history and authors); linger 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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