dine
To eat; to eat dinner or supperTo eat; to eat dinner or supper.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · Recorded US: Speaker: Zazollo Recorder: Zazollo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
» Where's the dining room?
Wo ist das Esszimmer? — pne
Где столовая? — marafon
Де їдальня? — deniko
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Examples
262 sentencesWhere's the dining room?
Де їдальня? — deniko
ruГде столовая? — marafon
deWo ist das Esszimmer? — pne
I hate dining alone.
Ненавиджу вечеряти насамоті. — deniko
How about dining out tonight?
Може, повечеряємо десь сьогодні? — rozmaita
ruМожет, поужинаем сегодня где-нибудь? — GranD
deWie wäre es damit, heute Abend auszugehen? — Hans_Adler
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.
(obsolete, transitive)To dine upon; to have to eat.
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, dinedTenses
dine · dined · will dine · have dinedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsWord 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
See also
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