Linger

  • 21linger — lin|ger [ˈlıŋgə US ər] v [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: leng [i] to lengthen, delay (11 16 centuries), from Old English lengan] 1.) also linger on to continue to exist, be noticeable etc for longer than is usual or desirable ▪ a taste that lingers in… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22linger — 01. A couple of students always [linger] after class to ask questions. 02. The smell of her perfume [lingered] in the air long after she had left the room. 03. I would rather die quickly and painlessly than [linger] on and suffer. 04. A lot of… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 23Linger — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Linger », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Linger est un film de Johnnie To. Linger est… …

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  • 24linger — v. (d; intr.) to linger over ( to take one s time with ) (don t linger over your coffee) * * * [ lɪngə] (d; intr.) to linger over (don t linger over your coffee; to take one s time with ) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 25LINGER — ÈRE. s. Celui, celle qui fait commerce de toile, qui vend, qui fait du linge, qui travaille en linge. Il est linger. Elle est lingère. Marchand linger. Marchande lingère. Boutique, magasin de linger, de lingère. Acheter du linge tout fait chez… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 26linger — lingerer, n. lingeringly, adv. /ling geuhr/, v.i. 1. to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party. 2. to remain alive; continue or persist, although gradually …

    Universalium

  • 27Linger — This unusual surname is of Norman origin, introduced into England after the Conquest of 1066, and is a locational name from a place called Lingure in France. During the Middle Ages when it was increasingly common for people to migrate from their… …

    Surnames reference

  • 28linger — [[t]lɪ̱ŋgə(r)[/t]] lingers, lingering, lingered 1) VERB When something such as an idea, feeling, or illness lingers, it continues to exist for a long time, often much longer than expected. [V adv/prep] The scent of her perfume lingered on in the… …

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  • 29linger — verb (I) 1 to stay somewhere a little longer, especially because you do not want to leave (+ over/on etc): They lingered over coffee and missed the last bus. 2 (always + adv/prep) to continue looking at or dealing with something for longer than… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30linger on — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms linger on : present tense I/you/we/they linger on he/she/it lingers on present participle lingering on past tense lingered on past participle lingered on 1) same as linger 2) Ten years later, the memory… …

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