dinner

dinner
din|ner
W2S1 [ˈdınə US -ər] n
[Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: diner, from diner 'to eat'; DINE]
1.) [U and C]
the main meal of the day, eaten in the middle of the day or the evening
to dinner
▪ Perhaps we should invite them to dinner .
for dinner
▪ We're having fish for dinner tonight.
▪ What time do you usually have dinner?
▪ We eat dinner at about seven.
▪ a three course dinner
school dinners
BrE (=meals provided in the middle of the day at school)
dinner money
BrE (=money children are given to pay for their meal at school)
Sunday/Christmas/Thanksgiving dinner
(=a special meal eaten on Sunday, at Christmas, at Thanksgiving etc)
▪ dinner guests
2.)
a formal occasion when an evening meal is eaten, often to celebrate something
▪ The Club's annual dinner will be held in November.
→dog's dinner at ↑dog1 (9), more sth than you've had hot dinners at ↑hot1 (30), ↑TV dinner
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WORD CHOICE: dinner, supper, tea, lunch
In Britain, the main meal of the day is dinner and it is usually eaten in the evening. Some people call this meal supper , but to others supper is a very small meal that is eaten just before they go to bed. Some people call this main evening meal tea , but to others tea is a small meal that is eaten in the afternoon.
Some people use dinner to refer to the meal they eat in the middle of the day, but if you want to be clear that you are referring to this meal, use lunch .
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