MEANING
1. To sit, lie, or move in an unhurried, comfortably relaxed way.
2. A comfortable room or area where people can sit, wait, or socialize.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- lounge on a sofa
- lounge by the pool
On the page
He lounged on the sofa with a book balanced on his chest.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- lounge
- Past tense
- lounged
- Past participle
- lounged
- Present participle
- lounging
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- lounge
- Present continuous
- am/is/are lounging
- Present perfect
- have/has lounged
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been lounging
- Past
- lounged
- Past continuous
- was/were lounging
- Past perfect
- had lounged
- Past perfect continuous
- had been lounging
- Future
- will lounge
- Future continuous
- will be lounging
- Future perfect
- will have lounged
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been lounging
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: lounge; lounges; lounged; lounged; lounging. Noun singular lounge; plural lounges. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: lounges.
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