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lingers on

lingers on is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 lingers on

What is lingers on the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lingers on is the third-person singular simple present indicative of linger on.

Words near lingers on in the dictionary

  1. lingeringly
  2. lingeringness
  3. lingerings
  4. lingerly
  5. lingers
  6. lingers on
  7. lingers out
  8. lingersome
  9. linget
  10. lingets
  11. Lingewaal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lingers 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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