dine
verb (used without object)
to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
have dined
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present perfectof dine.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Bezos and Sánchez have dined with the president and the first lady at Mar-a-Lago, and they attended the inauguration alongside other prominent technology CEOs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Chef Vikram Vij has a restaurant in Vancouver where he says the couple have dined on several occasions.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025
Eight years later, the first football game was played in America, where fans were believed to have dined from a wagon while watching Rutgers and Princeton battle it out on the field.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2025
And presidential candidates like George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Donald J. Trump and Senator John McCain have dined there or ordered from its famous coffee window, more commonly known as a ventanita.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
“We have dined with her. She visited us just a month ago.”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
