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loiterloi‧ter /ˈlɔɪtə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive]  loiterOrigin: 1400-1500 Probably from Middle Dutch loteren ‘to be loose’ VERB TABLEloiter |
Present | I, you, we, they | loiter | | he, she, it | loiters | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | loitered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have loitered | | he, she, it | has loitered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had loitered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will loiter | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have loitered |
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Present | I | am loitering | | he, she, it | is loitering | | you, we, they | are loitering | Past | I, he, she, it | was loitering | | you, we, they | were loitering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been loitering | | he, she, it | has been loitering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been loitering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be loitering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been loitering |
- No one has time to loiter over a meal these days.
- Teens were loitering in the parking lot.
- A policeman had suspected them for loitering about, they wouldn't give a reasonable explanation or account of themselves.
- But two blackshirts loitered behind him anyway.
- He loitered in the parking lot, pleasantly bemused by the coquettish chatter of juniors who courted him.
- He looked at Kopyion, loitering as if he wanted to say something.
- I loitered on street corners staring at caterpillars fallen to the sidewalk.
- Schools of sunfish still loiter there, and Stuart hooks one of their members and stiff-poles it right in.
- Since then, the wealthier children have headed out to the suburbs, where loitering is legal.
- Their blunt heads were clearly visible as they loitered, grey-black like bow-headed submarines.
► stay to not leave a place, or to be in a place for a particular period of time: · Stay where you are and don’t move.· John only stayed at the party for a couple of hours. ► remain formal to stay somewhere. In written English, people often prefer to use remain rather than stay, because it sounds more formal: · Some 2,000 protesters remained outside the building and refused to leave.· The judge recommended that he remain in jail for the rest of his life. ► linger to stay in a place a little longer than you need to, because you are enjoying yourself, or because you hope to see someone or something: · He lingered outside the lecture hall, hoping for a chance to talk to her.· There are plenty of small cafés where you can linger over a cappuccino. ► loiter to stay in a place not doing anything – used when you think someone is waiting for the chance to do something bad or illegal: · The two men had been seen loitering in the area on the day that the car was stolen. ► hang around informal to stay somewhere not doing anything: · There are gangs of boys hanging around on street corners.· I don’t mind hanging around for a few minutes.· The boss doesn’t like being kept hanging around. ► stick around informal to stay in the same place or situation for a period of time, especially while you are waiting for something to happen or someone to arrive: · I decided to stick around and see how it all turned out.· Make up your mind. I’m not going to stick around forever. 1to stand or wait somewhere, especially in a public place, without any clear reason SYN hang about, hang around: Five or six teenagers were loitering in front of the newsagent’s.► see thesaurus at stay2to move or do something slowly, or to keep stopping when you should keep moving |