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lingering

English

Etymology

From linger +? -ing.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?l???????/, /?l??????/
  • Hyphenation: ling?er?ing

Noun

lingering (plural lingerings)

  1. gerund of linger: an act of loitering or waiting.
    • 2000, David S. Reynolds, A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman (page 73)
      But through this insistent rhythm and rhyme, there are only questions and parenthetical pauses, interruptions and lingerings.
  2. That which lingers; a remnant.

Translations

Verb

lingering

  1. present participle of linger

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postponement

English

Etymology

postpone +? -ment

Noun

postponement (countable and uncountable, plural postponements)

  1. A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.

Synonyms

  • cunctation, hold-up; see also Thesaurus:delay

Translations

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