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Dinner

//ˈdɪnə// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening. countable, uncountable

    "1993, Mark Berry as "King Harkinian", a character in Animation Magic, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon, Philips Interactive Media (publ.). I wonder what's for dinner."

  2. 2
    the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday wordnet
  3. 3
    An evening meal. countable, uncountable

    "I had some friends to dinner two nights ago."

  4. 4
    a party of people assembled to have dinner together wordnet
  5. 5
    A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea). countable, uncountable

    "At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkley, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly[…]on the floor."

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  1. 6
    A meal given to an animal. countable, uncountable

    "Give the dog its dinner."

  2. 7
    A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion. countable, uncountable

    "My family gathers twice a year, namely at Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners."

  3. 8
    The food provided or consumed at any such meal. uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To eat a dinner; to dine. intransitive

    "Once I was geared up, I joined him on the wide, flat seat of the sled which was loaded up with hot food for the jacks who were dinnering out since they worked a forty far from the camp."

  2. 2
    To provide (someone) with a dinner; to dine. transitive

    "1887, Caroline Emily Cameron, A Devout Lover, London: F.V. White & Co., Volume 1, Chapter 11, p. 181, She had taken her about to concerts and exhibitions—she had dinnered her at the Colonies, and suppered her at the New Club."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English dyner, from Old French disner (“lunch”, but originally “breakfast”), (modern French dîner), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnō, *disiūnāre from Latin dis- + iēiūnō (“to break the fast”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English dyner, from Old French disner (“lunch”, but originally “breakfast”), (modern French dîner), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnō, *disiūnāre from Latin dis- + iēiūnō (“to break the fast”).

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