To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
Infinitivelinger
Past simplelingered
Past participlelingered
-ing formlingering
Full conjugation of the English verb to linger (past simple lingered,
past participle lingered):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
linger
you
linger
he/she/it
lingers
we
linger
you
linger
they
linger
Present continuous
I
am lingering
you
are lingering
he/she/it
is lingering
we
are lingering
you
are lingering
they
are lingering
Present perfect
I
have lingered
you
have lingered
he/she/it
has lingered
we
have lingered
you
have lingered
they
have lingered
Present perfect continuous
I
have been lingering
you
have been lingering
he/she/it
has been lingering
we
have been lingering
you
have been lingering
they
have been lingering
Past simple
I
lingered
you
lingered
he/she/it
lingered
we
lingered
you
lingered
they
lingered
Past continuous
I
was lingering
you
were lingering
he/she/it
was lingering
we
were lingering
you
were lingering
they
were lingering
Past perfect
I
had lingered
you
had lingered
he/she/it
had lingered
we
had lingered
you
had lingered
they
had lingered
Past perfect continuous
I
had been lingering
you
had been lingering
he/she/it
had been lingering
we
had been lingering
you
had been lingering
they
had been lingering
Future simple
I
will linger
you
will linger
he/she/it
will linger
we
will linger
you
will linger
they
will linger
Future continuous
I
will be lingering
you
will be lingering
he/she/it
will be lingering
we
will be lingering
you
will be lingering
they
will be lingering
Future perfect
I
will have lingered
you
will have lingered
he/she/it
will have lingered
we
will have lingered
you
will have lingered
they
will have lingered
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been lingering
you
will have been lingering
he/she/it
will have been lingering
we
will have been lingering
you
will have been lingering
they
will have been lingering
Conditional
Present
I
would linger
you
would linger
he/she/it
would linger
we
would linger
you
would linger
they
would linger
Present continuous
I
would be lingering
you
would be lingering
he/she/it
would be lingering
we
would be lingering
you
would be lingering
they
would be lingering
Perfect
I
would have lingered
you
would have lingered
he/she/it
would have lingered
we
would have lingered
you
would have lingered
they
would have lingered
Perfect continuous
I
would have been lingering
you
would have been lingering
he/she/it
would have been lingering
we
would have been lingering
you
would have been lingering
they
would have been lingering
Subjunctive
Present
that I
linger
that you
linger
that he/she/it
linger
that we
linger
that you
linger
that they
linger
Past
if I
lingered
if you
lingered
if he/she/it
lingered
if we
lingered
if you
lingered
if they
lingered
Imperative
Affirmative
you
linger
we
let's linger
Negative
you
don't linger
we
let's not linger
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to linger
Perfect infinitive
to have lingered
Present participle / gerund
lingering
Past participle
lingered
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