Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - dinner
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Dinner
dinner
~ n 1 the main meal of the day, eaten in the middle of the day or the evening (Would you like to come over for dinner on Friday? | We're having fish for dinner tonight. | Sunday/Christmas/Thanksgiving dinner etc (=a special meal eaten on Sunday, at Christmas, as Thanksgiving, etc) | school dinner (=a meal provided at school in the middle of the day)) 2 a formal occasion when an evening meal is eaten, often to celebrate something (They're giving a dinner in honour of her retirement.) 3 had more ... than you've had hot dinners BrE spoken humorous used to say that someone has had a lot of experience of something and has done it many times (She's nursed more babies than you've had hot dinners.) (- see also TV dinner, be dressed up like the dog's dinner dog1 (9))
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(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... N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English diner, from Anglo-French disner, diner meal, from disner to dine Date: 13th century 1. a. the principal meal of the day b. a formal feast or banquet 2. table d'hote 2 3. the food prepared for a ~ eat your ~ 4. a packaged meal usually for quick preparation warmed up a frozen ~ • ~less adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 the main meal of the day, taken either at midday or in the evening. 2 a formal evening meal, often in honour of a person or event. Phrases and idioms dinner-dance a formal dinner followed by dancing. dinner-jacket a man's short usu. black formal jacket for evening wear. dinner lady a woman who supervises children's lunch in a school. dinner service a set of usu. matching crockery for serving a meal. Etymology: ME f. OF diner, disner: see DINE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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общ. обед at dinner, during dinner - за обедом, meagre dinner - постный обед, scratch dinner - обед, приготовленный на скорую руку; импровизированный обед, dinner table - обеденный стол, dinnerware, dinner ware - столовая посуда; столовое серебро, dinner clothes - одежда для обеда; закрытое вечернее платье; смокинг (официальная или полуофициальная одежда для званых обедов), dinner dress - (женское) платье для (званого) обеда (обычно закрытое, длинное, с длинными рукавами или жакетом) See: dinner hour ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. обед formal dinner —- официальный обед public dinner —- банкет to go out to dinner —- пойти на обед (в ресторан, к знакомым и т. п.) to be at dinner —- обедать, быть за столом to have (to take) dinner —- обедать, пообедать to give a dinner —- дать (устроить) обед to ask smb. to dinner —- пригласить кого-л. на обед you can get a good dinner here —- здесь можно хорошо пообедать Id: dinner without grace —- сожительство до бракосочетания; пробный брак 2. обедать 3. угощать обедом; кормить обедом ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) обед; to have/take dinner - обедать to give a dinner - устраивать званый обед 2) attr. обеденный - dinner break - dinner companion dinner without grace - брачные отношения до брака after dinner comes the reckoning prov. - любишь кататься, люби и саночки возить DINNER companion сотрапезник DINNER break обеденный перерыв ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1300, from O.Fr. disner, originally "breakfast," later "lunch," noun use of infinitive disner (see dine). Always used in Eng. for the main meal of the day; shift from midday to evening began with the fashionable classes. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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