dinner

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.

   • I had an early dinner because the breakfast in this hostel is superb.
   • 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.
2. 2

   An evening meal.

   • I had some friends to dinner two nights ago.
   • Do I have to change for dinner?
   • We're about to start dinner. Phone again later.
3. 3

   A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).

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   1. 4

      A meal given to an animal.

      • Give the dog its dinner.
   2. 5

      A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.

      • 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.
   3. 6

      The food provided or consumed at any such meal.

   4. 7

      To eat a dinner

      To eat a dinner; to dine.

      • 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.
   5. 8

      To provide (someone) with a dinner

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

      • 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.

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