dine

daɪn

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of dine - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

main meal

tr./intr.

eat a main meal, typically in the evening

tr./intr.

They usually dine at eight in the evening..

host

tr.

give a dinner to someone

tr.

They dined their friends last weekend.

entertain

feast

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Expressions with dine

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dine and dash

eat at a restaurant and leave without paying

They decided to dine and dash after the meal.

dine in

eat a meal at the place of purchase

We decided to dine in at the new Italian place.

dine out

eat a meal in a restaurant

They decided to dine out for their anniversary..

dine out on

eat at a restaurant

They decided to dine out on Friday night.

wine and dine

entertain someone with a fine meal

They wined and dined the clients at the fancy restaurant.

dine-in

service allowing customers to eat on premises

Due to the pandemic, dine-in was temporarily unavailable.

Origin of dine

Old French, disner (to dine)

Terms with dine included in their meaning

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eat out

dining

dine at a restaurant or another's home

eat at Joe's

dine at Joe's

have a meal at Joe's restaurant

cloud kitchen

food delivery

restaurant focused on food delivery, not dine-in service

CDWM

acr.

acr: Come Dine with Me

TV show where people host dinner parties

Examples of dine in a sentence

They prefer to dine out on weekends.
They love to dine important clients at exclusive restaurants.
The couple decided to dine their neighbors for the holidays.

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French:dîner, recevoir, ...
German:dinieren, bewirten, ...
Italian:mangiare, ospitare, ...
Spanish:comer, agazajar, ...
Portuguese:jantar, oferecer um jantar, ...
Chinese:用晚餐, 款待, ...
Japanese:夕食をとる, 招待する, ...
Arabic:تَعَشَّى, اِسْتَضَافَ, ...
Hebrew:לֶאֱכוֹל אֲרוּחַת עֶרֶב, לְאַרֵּחַ לַאֲרוּחַת עֶרֶב, ...
Russian:ужинать, устраивать ужин, ...
Ukrainian:вечеряти, влаштовувати вечерю, ...
Hindi:भोजन करना, रात्रिभोज देना, ...
Bengali:রাতের খাবার খাওয়া, রাতের খাবার দেওয়া, ...
Catalan:sopar, oferir un sopar, ...
Czech:večeřet, pozvat na večeři, ...
Danish:spise middag, give middag, ...
Dutch:dineren, een diner geven, ...
Greek:δειπνώ, παραθέτω δείπνο, ...
Hungarian:vacsorázni, megvacsoráztatni, ...
Khmer:ទទួលទានអាហារពេលល្ងាច, រៀបចំពិធីជប់លៀងអាហារពេលល្ងាចឲ្យ, ...
Korean:저녁을 먹다, 대접하다, ...
Persian:شام خوردن, شام داد, ...
Polish:jeść obiad, zorganizować kolację, ...
Portuguese (BR):jantar, oferecer um jantar, ...
Romanian:a lua cina, a invita la cină, ...
Swedish:äta middag, bjuda på middag, ...
Thai:รับประทานอาหารเย็น, จัดเลี้ยง, ...
Turkish:akşam yemeği yemek, yemek vermek, ...
Vietnamese:ăn tối, mời ăn tối, ...

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