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# loiter

verb (loiters, loitered, loitering)

«loiter» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To loiter is to stand or wait about without hurrying and without a clear reason. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loiter/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a prince who wanders about with no set task; in everyday life, to hang about a shop or stop on the way home.

### Examples

- The prince loitered about all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loiter/#x1)
- Don't loiter on the way to school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loiter/#x2)
- Two boys loitered by the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loiter/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «loiter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loiter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«loiter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/loiter.html) on Mova free.