linger
lin
ˈlÉĒn
lin
ger
gər
gēr
/ˈlÉĒÅ‹ÉĄÉ™/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "linger"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€, āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to stay somewhere longer because one does not want to leave
Intransitive: to linger somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the vacation neared its end, the family chose to linger on the beach.
āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻļ⧇āώ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to persist in existence or effect without fading quickly
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the performance ended, the applause lingered in the theater.
āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻĨāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϤāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
2.1

āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻā§āϞ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to remain alive in a weakened or deteriorating condition
Intransitive: to linger sometime
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He lingered for days, holding on to life in the quiet of the hospital room.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āϧāϰ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€, āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to remain focused on something
Transitive: to linger on sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She lingered on the painting, captivated by its intricate details.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻāϰ āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ—ā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϟāĻžāϞāĻž

to intentionally prolong the completion of an action or process

stall

Transitive: to linger in sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The lawyer decided to linger in finalizing the contract, wanting to ensure every detail was perfect.
āφāχāύāĻœā§€āĻŦā§€ āϚ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĨ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to proceed slowly toward one's destination
Intransitive: to linger somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the sun began to set, he lingered homeward, enjoying the peaceful evening air and the sound of rustling leaves.
āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āϤ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϚāϞāϞ⧇āύ, āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
App
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ