Usually means: Remain present longer than expected.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word linger:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. linger: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. linger: Merriam-Webster
  3. linger: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. linger: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. linger: Collins English Dictionary
  6. linger: Vocabulary.com
  7. Linger, linger: Wordnik
  8. linger: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Linger, linger: Wiktionary
  10. linger: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. linger: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. linger: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Linger, linger: Dictionary.com
  14. linger: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. linger: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Linger (Prudence Liew album), Linger (song), Linger: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Linger: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. linger: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. linger: Rhymezone
  20. linger: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. linger: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. linger: FreeDictionary.org
  23. linger: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. linger: TheFreeDictionary.com

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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