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lingering on

lingering on is the present participle and gerund 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 lingering on

What is lingering on the present participle and gerund of?
Lingering on is the present participle and gerund of linger on.

Words near lingering on in the dictionary

  1. lingerie tapes
  2. lingeried
  3. lingeries
  4. lingerin'
  5. lingering
  6. lingering on
  7. lingering out
  8. lingeringly
  9. lingeringness
  10. lingerings
  11. lingerly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lingering 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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