DINNER


Meaning of DINNER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪnə(r) ]

( dinners)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

Dinner is the main meal of the day, usually served in the early part of the evening.

She invited us to her house for dinner...

Would you like to stay and have dinner?...

N-VAR

see also TV dinner

2.

Any meal you eat in the middle of the day can be referred to as dinner .

N-VAR

3.

A dinner is a formal social event at which a meal is served. It is held in the evening.

...a series of official lunches and dinners...

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