dine

[ dahyn ]

/ daɪn /

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verb (used without object), dined, din·ing.

to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.

to take any meal.

verb (used with object), dined, din·ing.

to entertain at dinner.

noun

Scot. dinner.

Verb Phrases

dine out, to take a meal, especially the principal or more formal meal of the day, away from home, as in a hotel or restaurant: They dine out at least once a week.

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Origin of dine

1250–1300; Middle English dinen<Anglo-French, Old French di(s)ner<Vulgar Latin *disjējūnāre to break one's fast, equivalent to Latin dis-dis-¹ + Late Latin jējūnāre to fast; see jejune

OTHER WORDS FROM dine

pre·dine, verb (used without object), pre·dined, pre·din·ing.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH dine

deign, dine

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Dine

[ dahyn ]

/ daɪn /

noun

James "Jim", born 1935, U.S. painter.

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How to use dine in a sentence

Marvin and I leave the poolside and go into his dining room.
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The resources were what you might expect: Dining room, a media center, a library, a TV room, a meeting room, a computer room.
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After all, what says Christmas more than obligations, gastrointestinal distress, and insane dining companions?
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Today, the Imperial family can be found dining at Honke Owariya upon their return from Tokyo.
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This bungalow has two levels, a screening room, a dining room, many offices, an art department, and cutting rooms.
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The dining tables had all been removed to one end of the hall, and the chairs ranged about in rows and in clusters.
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A view of the duchess's ball-room, or of the dining-table of the earl, will supersede all occasion for lengthy fiddle-faddle.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Each evening Mr. Levi was in attendance, and this day, according to rule, she went down to the grand old dining-room.
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Mrs. Irvin has decided to consult a palmist or a hypnotist or some such occult authority before dining with you this evening.
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The old dining-hall had shared in the general decay, and been shorn of all its ancient honours.
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British Dictionary definitions for dine

dine

/ (daɪn) /

verb

(intr) to eat dinner

(intr; often foll by on, off, or upon) to make one's meal (of)the guests dined upon roast beef

(tr) informal to entertain to dinner (esp in the phrase wine and dine someone)

Word Origin for dine

C13: from Old French disner, contracted from Vulgar Latin disjējūnāre (unattested) to cease fasting, from dis- not + Late Latin jējūnāre to fast; see jejune

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with dine

dine

In addition to the idiom beginning with dine

dine out on

also see:

eat (dine) out
wine and dine

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Origin of dine

OTHER WORDS FROM dine

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Other definitions for dine (2 of 2)

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