Meaning of dinner | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
   countable, uncountable
2. supper, dinner
3. An evening meal.
   countable, uncountable
4. third-person singular present indicative
5. A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
   countable, uncountable
6. second-person singular imperative
7. A meal given to an animal.
   countable, uncountable
8. A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
   countable, uncountable
9. The food provided or consumed at any such meal.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“I want to cook dinner.”

“I had some friends to dinner two nights ago.”

“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.”

“It was already late for school, so the boy took his time and only arrived in the village when Heidi came home for dinner. […] "Come to the table now and eat with us. Then you can go up with Heidi, and when you bring her back at night, you can get your supper here."”

“Give the dog its dinner.”

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

“When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.”

“Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.”

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