Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To continue to ponder or observe something for longer than normal.

Examples

6 sentences

  1. His touch lingered on her thigh.

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  2. This superstition still lingers on among them.

    deDieser Aberglauben besteht weiter bei ihnen.

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  3. The dog lingered a bit on the porch.

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  4. The mystery still lingers on about how the body ended there a few years back.

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  5. The shock of her father's death lingered on and she didn't feel like going out at all.

    ruШок от смерти отца остался и ей совсем не хотелось выходить на улицу.

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Forms

lingers on, lingering on, lingered on, lingered on
Base formlinger on · to linger on
3rd person singularlingers on
Present participlelingering on
Past simplelingered on
Past participlelingered on

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylinger on
he, she, itlingers on

Past simpleLesson

all personslingered on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lingered on
he, she, ithas lingered on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill linger on

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
linerB2lineuplingB2lingerB2lingerielingolingonberrylingua
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