Meaning
3 senses(intransitive)To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
speisen
у́жинатьúžinatʹ, поу́жинатьpoúžinatʹ
вече́рятиvečérjaty, повече́рятиpovečérjaty
have supper; eat dinner
(transitive)To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
give dinner to; host for dinner
(obsolete, transitive)To dine upon; to have to eat.
Examples
263 sentencesWhere's the dining room?
Де їдальня?
ruГде столовая?
deWo ist das Esszimmer?
I hate dining alone.
Ненавиджу вечеряти насамоті.
How about dining out tonight?
Може, повечеряємо десь сьогодні?
ruМожет, поужинаем сегодня где-нибудь?
deWie wäre es damit, heute Abend auszugehen?
I don't like dining alone.
Не люблю вечеряти насамоті.
Tom dined with his parents.
Том пообідав із батьками.
Translations
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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, dinedPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
6 patterns- the dining room
- dining room
- dining room table
- on the dining
- in the dining
- dining alone