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rooted for

rooted for is the simple past and past participle of root for.

Meaning of root for

Verb

root for (third-person singular simple present roots for, present participle rooting for, simple past and past participle rooted for)

  1. (informal, transitive) To support (a favored person, team, or result).
    • I'm rooting for my cousin's team.

Questions about rooted for

What is rooted for the simple past and past participle of?
Rooted for is the simple past and past participle of root for.

Words near rooted for in the dictionary

  1. rootching
  2. roote
  3. rooted
  4. rooted about
  5. rooted around
  6. rooted for
  7. rooted out
  8. rooted to the floor
  9. rooted to the ground
  10. rooted to the spot
  11. rooted tree

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rooted for (page history and authors); root for (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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