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linger

/ˈlɪŋɡə/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈlɪŋɡə/
linger
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final r is pronounced in US English

lin - ger -> linger

Myanmar meaning

(v) တရစ်ဝဲဝနေသည်။

Full entry

linger / 'lÇŋgǝ(r) / v

၁။ တရစ်ဝဲဝဲနေသည်။
She was still lingering around (the theatre) long after the other fans had gone home.
၂။ အချိန်ဆွဲသည်။ စိမ်နေသည်။
linger (long) over one’s meal ❍ There’s no time to linger—it’ll soon be dark.
၃။ သက်ဆိုးရှည်သည်။ စွဲကျန်နေသည်။
Though desperately ill he could linger on (ie not die) for months. ❍ The custom still lingers (on) in some parts of the country. ❍ The smell of her perfume lingered in the empty house.
❏ lingering adj (က) တာရှည်။ ကြာရှည်။ a lingering illness နာတာရှည်။ ❍ a last lingering look. မခွဲနိုင်မခွာရက် (အကြည့်)။
(ခ) စွဲကျန်နေသော။ a few lingering doubts ❍ a lingering sense of guilt.
❏ lingeringly adv ခင်ခင်မွတ်မွတ်။ မခွဲနိုင်မခွာရက်။

More examples
  • Many students lingered after class.
  • I like to linger over breakfast and read the newspapers.
  • [linger on] : She let her eyes linger on him.
  • The smell of fish lingered in the kitchen.
  • Doubts still linger about his honesty.
  • [linger in the mind/memory] : His face lingered in her memory.
Synonyms
remain, stay behind, hang back, delay leaving, hang on, hang around, loiter, abide, amble, be dilatory, be long, be tardy, bide, cling, continue, crawl, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, drift, endure, falter, fool around, fritter away, goof off, hang out, hesitate, hobble, idle, lag, last, loll, lumber, mope, mosey, persist, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, putter, saunter, shuffle, sit around, slouch, stagger, stand, stay, stick around, stop, stroll, survive, take one's time, tarry, tool, totter, trail, traipse, trifle, trudge, vacillate, wait, wait around
Antonyms
advance, carry on, cease, complete, continue, finish, forge, forward, go, go ahead, halt, hurry, leave, move, refuse, reject, remain, run, rush, stop, tiptoe
Cross references
remainstay behindhang backdelay leavinghang onhang aroundloiterabideamblebe dilatorybe longbe tardybideclingcontinuecrawldallydawdledelaydillydallydriftendurefalterfool aroundfritter awaygoof offhang outhesitate
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