lingering
Meaning of lingering
verb
- To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so; to loiter.
- To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
- (often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
- An act of lingering or waiting.
- That which lingers; a remnant.
Information about lingering
- The plural form of lingering is: lingerings.
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Hyphenation of lingering
lin-ger-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- lingering is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
lingering synonyms
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Words that rhyme with lingering
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