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Word dinner
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈdɪnə(r) / NAmE / ˈdɪnər /
Example
  • it's time for dinner.
  • when do you have dinner?
  • what time do you serve dinner?
  • let's invite them to dinner tomorrow.
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dinner

(noun)BrE / ˈdɪnə(r) / NAmE / ˈdɪnər /
  1. the main meal of the day, eaten either in the middle of the day or in the evening
    • It's time for dinner.
    • When do you have dinner?
    • What time do you serve dinner?
    • Let's invite them to dinner tomorrow.
    • What shall we have for dinner tonight?
    • It's your turn to cook dinner.
    • She didn't eat much dinner.
    • I never eat a big dinner.
    • Christmas dinner
    • a three-course dinner
    • I'd like to take you out to dinner tonight.
    • school dinners (= meals provided at school in the middle of the day)
    • a cream tea.
    • What time do the kids have their tea?
  2. a large formal social gathering at which dinner is eaten
    • The club's annual dinner will be held on 3 June.
  3. a thing that has been done badly
    • synonym mess
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/mess_1
    • He's made a real dog's breakfast of these accounts.
  4. completely defeated
  5. 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.
    • Are we expected to dress for dinner?
    • I always forgot to take my dinner money to school.
    • My old school is giving a fund-raising dinner
    • The club’s annual dinner is this week.
    • The extensive dinner menu includes Russian delicacies.
    • The former Olympic champion was invited to speak at a charity dinner.
    • The school dinner menu always includes a balance of food types.
    • There was never much conversation at the dinner table in my family.
    • They invited three couples to a dinner party at their house.
    • We attended the formal reunion dinner.
    • We didn’t wash up the dinner things until the morning after.
    • We’re going to attend a formal dinner in aid of cancer research.
    • a bone-china dinner service
    • the society’s annual dinner dance
    • Have you had dinner yet?
    • I used to hate school dinners.
    • I’d like to take you out to dinner tonight.
    • It’s time for dinner.
    • It’s your turn to get dinner.
    • Let’s invite them to dinner.
    • She didn’t eat much dinner.
    • The club’s annual dinner will be held on the 4th of June.
    • The evening includes a three-course dinner with wine.

    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’.
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