What does DINNER mean?

Definitions for DINNER
ˈdɪn ərdin·ner

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dinnernoun

    the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday

    "dinner will be at 8"; "on Sundays they had a large dinner when they returned from church"

  2. dinner, dinner partynoun

    a party of people assembled to have dinner together

    "guests should never be late to a dinner party"

Wiktionary

  1. dinnernoun

    The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.

  2. dinnernoun

    An evening meal.

  3. dinnernoun

    A midday meal .

  4. dinnernoun

    A meal given to an animal.

    Give the dog its dinner.

  5. dinnernoun

    A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.

  6. Etymology: From disner, from dis- + ieiuno.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Dinnernoun

    The chief meal; the meal eaten about the middle of the day.

    Etymology: diner, French.

    Let me not stay a jot for dinner:
    Go, get it ready. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    Before dinner and supper, as often as it is convenient, or can be had, let the publick prayers of the church, or some parts of them, be said publickly in the family. Taylor.

    The jolly crew, unmindful of the past,
    The quarry share, their plenteous dinner haste. John Dryden, Æn.

ChatGPT

  1. dinner

    Dinner typically refers to the main meal of the day, which is usually eaten in the evening. It is a time when people gather together to eat and often involves a more substantial and formal meal compared to breakfast or lunch. The specific timing and content of dinner can vary depending on cultural, regional, and personal factors.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dinnernoun

    the principal meal of the day, eaten by most people about midday, but by many (especially in cities) at a later hour

  2. Dinnernoun

    an entertainment; a feast

  3. Etymology: [F. dner, fr. dner to dine. See Dine.]

Wikidata

  1. Dinner

    Dinner is a word used with different, overlapping meanings; it is often the name given to the main meal of the day, or sometimes to the noon, early afternoon or evening meal, regardless of its relative size. Depending upon culture, dinner may actually be the first, second, third or fourth meal of the day. Historically, it referred to the first meal of the day, eaten around noon, and is still occasionally used for a noontime meal, if it is a large or main meal; the meaning as the evening meal is becoming increasingly common in the English-speaking world.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dinner

    din′ėr, n. the chief meal of the day: a feast.—ns. Dinnerette′, a little dinner; Dinn′er-hour.—adj. Dinn′erless.—ns. Dinn′er-tā′ble; Dinn′er-time; Dinn′er-wag′on, a set of light movable shelves for a dining-room. [O. Fr. disner, prop. breakfast. See Dine.]

Editors Contribution

  1. dinner

    A moderate amount of food.

    Dinner for our family is a moderate amount of food.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 28, 2020  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DINNER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dinner is ranked #115639 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Dinner surname appeared 151 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dinner.

    94.7% or 143 total occurrences were White.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DINNER' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1862

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DINNER' in Written Corpus Frequency: #843

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DINNER' in Nouns Frequency: #702

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DINNER in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DINNER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of DINNER in a Sentence

  1. Fitsum Arega:

    The PM Abiy Ahmed hosted a private dinner to President Salva Kiir & Dr Rieck Machar together, faced with the continued suffering in South Sudan, Ethiopia simply can't stand by. With more work, a peaceful future is possible.

  2. Jill Castle:

    If a child doesn't eat his dinner and is hungry later, you can say,' we don't have snack at this time. ... We have breakfast tomorrow morning,'.

  3. Trashelle Odom:

    On the evening of September 26 in Las Vegas, Nevada, I attended a dinner to support a charity and spend time with wonderful friends, he repeatedly touched me inappropriately, said vile and disgusting things to me, stalked me, and made me feel violated and fearful.

  4. Barbara Bush:

    Anybody that has lived through all these campaigns can remember having a dinner, having a picture, having a handwritten thank you note, going to Kennebunkport.

  5. Steven Mnuchin:

    We had a very productive working dinner last night, and we are looking forward to meeting today.

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