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roots for

roots for is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 roots for

What is roots for the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Roots for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of root for.

Words near roots for in the dictionary

  1. rootrots
  2. roots
  3. roots about
  4. roots around
  5. roots drink
  6. roots for
  7. roots music
  8. roots musics
  9. roots of all evil
  10. roots of scarcity
  11. roots of unity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: roots 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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