Usually means: Remain present longer than expected.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word linger:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. linger: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. linger: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. linger: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. linger: Collins English Dictionary
  5. linger: Vocabulary.com
  6. Linger, linger: Wordnik
  7. linger: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Linger, linger: Wiktionary
  9. linger: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. linger: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. linger: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Linger, linger: Dictionary.com
  13. linger: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. linger: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Linger (Prudence Liew album), Linger (song), Linger: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Linger: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. linger: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. linger: Rhymezone
  19. linger: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. linger: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. linger: Free Dictionary
  22. linger: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Linger, linger: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. linger: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. linger: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. linger: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. linger: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. linger: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See lingered as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
verb:  (intransitive) To remain alive or existent although still proceeding toward death or extinction; to die gradually.
verb:  (intransitive, often followed by on) To consider or contemplate for a period of time; to engage in analytic thinking or discussion.
noun:  A surname.

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