Dinner I School Eat Time Middle Includes Formal

• it's time for dinner.
• when do you have dinner?
• what shall we have for dinner tonight?
• as i'm single, i tend to go out to dinner (= eat in a restaurant) a lot.

dinner

1. the main meal of the day, eaten either in the middle of the day or in the evening
• SEE ALSO TV dinner
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/tv-dinner
• It's time for dinner.
• When do you have dinner?
• What shall we have for dinner tonight?
• As I'm single, I tend to go out to dinner (= eat in a restaurant) a lot.
• to go to dinner
• I'd like to take you out to dinner tonight.
• Let's invite them to dinner tomorrow.
• What time do you serve dinner?
• It's your turn to cook dinner.
• She didn't eat much dinner.
• I never eat a big dinner.
• Christmas/Thanksgiving dinner
• a three-course dinner
• a roast/steak/turkey dinner
• a family sitting around the dinner table
• a dinner plate
• He was trying hard to impress his dinner guests.
• school dinners (= meals provided at school in the middle of the day)

Extra Examples

• Are we expected to dress for dinner?
• I always forgot to take my dinner money to school.
• The extensive dinner menu includes Russian delicacies.
• The school dinner menu always includes a balance of food types.
• We didn't wash up the dinner things until the morning after.
• Have you had dinner yet?
• I used to hate school dinners.
• It's your turn to get dinner.
2. a large formal social gathering at which dinner is eaten
• SEE ALSO rehearsal dinner
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/rehearsal-dinner
• The club's annual dinner will be held on 3 June.
• The winner will be announced at a gala dinner.
• a fund-raising/charity dinner

Extra Examples

• A gala dinner was held to celebrate the world premiere of the movie.
• A state dinner was held in honour of the visiting Japanese premier.
• My old school is giving a fund-raising dinner
• The former Olympic champion was invited to speak at a charity dinner.
• We attended the formal reunion dinner.
• We're going to attend a formal dinner in aid of cancer research.
• the society's annual dinner dance
• The evening includes a three-course dinner with wine.
3. a thing that has been done badly
• SYNONYM mess
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mess_2
• He's made a real dog's breakfast of these accounts.
4. completely defeated

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French disner (infinitive used as a noun), probably from desjëuner ‘to break fast’, from des- (expressing reversal) + jëun ‘fasting’.