LINGER definition: to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave. See examples of linger used in a sentence.

The meaning of LINGER is to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry. How to use linger in a sentence.

After the play had finished, we lingered for a while in the bar hoping to catch sight of the actors. The smell from the fire still lingered days later. It's impossible to forget such horrific events - they linger …

3 days ago · linger (third-person singular simple present lingers, present participle lingering, simple past and past participle lingered) (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if …

to be tardy in action; delay; dawdle: to linger in discharging one's duties. to walk slowly; saunter along. v.t. to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually fol. by away or out): We …

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Linger definition: To stay in a place or be slow in leaving it, often out of reluctance.

Definition of linger verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

To remain, to be slow to pass away or disappear; to stay or persist, though tending to wane and dwindle. to linger on, to continue to linger.

To devote considerable time to something, especially in a leisurely fashion: We lingered over the question for an hour. [Middle English lengeren, frequentative of lengen, to prolong, from Old English …