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rooting for

rooting for is the present participle and gerund 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 rooting for

What is rooting for the present participle and gerund of?
Rooting for is the present participle and gerund of root for.

Words near rooting for in the dictionary

  1. rootiness
  2. rootinest tootinest
  3. rooting
  4. rooting about
  5. rooting around
  6. rooting for
  7. rooting hormone
  8. rooting interest
  9. rooting interests
  10. rooting out
  11. rooting reflex

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rooting 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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