Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

    speisen

    у́жинатьúžinatʹ, поу́жинатьpoúžinatʹ

    вече́рятиvečérjaty, повече́рятиpovečérjaty

    have supper; eat dinner

  2. (transitive)To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.

    give dinner to; host for dinner

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To dine upon; to have to eat.

Examples

263 sentences
  1. Where's the dining room?

    Де їдальня?

    ruГде столовая?

    deWo ist das Esszimmer?

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  2. I hate dining alone.

    Ненавиджу вечеряти насамоті.

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  3. How about dining out tonight?

    Може, повечеряємо десь сьогодні?

    ruМожет, поужинаем сегодня где-нибудь?

    deWie wäre es damit, heute Abend auszugehen?

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  4. I don't like dining alone.

    Не люблю вечеряти насамоті.

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  5. Tom dined with his parents.

    Том пообідав із батьками.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to eat; to eat dinner or supper:
Русский
By meaning 1
to eat; to eat dinner or supper:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to eat; to eat dinner or supper:

Origin

From Middle English dynen, from Old French disner (“to dine, eat the main meal of the day”

From Middle English dynen, from Old French disner (“to dine, eat the main meal of the day”), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre (“to eat breakfast”), from *disieiūnāre (“to break the fast”), from Late Latin, from dis- + iēiūnō (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus.

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Forms

dines, dining, dined, dined
Base formdine · to dine
3rd person singulardines
Present participledining
Past simpledined
Past participledined

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydine
he, she, itdines

Past simpleLesson

all personsdined

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dined
he, she, ithas dined

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dine

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • the dining room
  • dining room
  • dining room table
  • on the dining
  • in the dining
  • dining alone

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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