Dinner
noun
The main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
We have a family dinner every Sunday.
Often appears as...
- family dinner
- dinner party
noun
A formal evening meal, often followed by speeches.
The conference was concluded with a dinner in a luxury restaurant.
Often appears as...
- gala dinner
- formal dinner
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
noun
The food that is prepared for a dinner.
She put the dinner in the oven and set the timer.
Often appears as...
- cook dinner
- prepare dinner
noun
The main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday.
We have a family dinner every Sunday.
Often appears as...
- family dinner
- dinner party
noun
A formal evening meal, often followed by speeches.
The conference was concluded with a dinner in a luxury restaurant.
Often appears as...
- gala dinner
- formal dinner
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
noun
The food that is prepared for a dinner.
She put the dinner in the oven and set the timer.
Often appears as...
- cook dinner
- prepare dinner
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Time Variety
Some cultures eat their main meal at midday while others in the evening.
Back home, dinner is at noon, but here it's at 7 p.m.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Event
'Dinner' often implies a social gathering, not just eating food.
Are you coming to the Smiths' dinner next Friday?
Pro Tip 3/3Casual or Formal
The term can be used for both casual family meals and more formal settings.
Let's have dinner together. Nothing fancy, just pizza at my place.
Pro Tip 1/3Time Variety
Some cultures eat their main meal at midday while others in the evening.
Back home, dinner is at noon, but here it's at 7 p.m.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Event
'Dinner' often implies a social gathering, not just eating food.
Are you coming to the Smiths' dinner next Friday?
Pro Tip 3/3Casual or Formal
The term can be used for both casual family meals and more formal settings.
Let's have dinner together. Nothing fancy, just pizza at my place.
Pro Tip 1/3Time Variety
Some cultures eat their main meal at midday while others in the evening.
Back home, dinner is at noon, but here it's at 7 p.m.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Event
'Dinner' often implies a social gathering, not just eating food.
Are you coming to the Smiths' dinner next Friday?
Pro Tip 3/3Casual or Formal
The term can be used for both casual family meals and more formal settings.
Let's have dinner together. Nothing fancy, just pizza at my place.
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The Survival of the Sea...
will perish. Ultimately, with the passage of years, the survivors will increase in size, from that of a dinner plate at year one to that of a dinner table, in the case of one species at least, the leatherback, a decade or so later. With size comes some measure of protection.
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Baby Weasel Playtime PIPE...
this instinct dinner already the little chitter in this is like a contact call i've heard this in the wild with wild weasels lots of times and it's to me it's one of the most beautiful sounds that actually is twizz must start strengthening her muscles to improve her agility
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What triggers a chemical...
Entropy also increases and helps the reaction along because the neat, organized log of wood is now converted into randomly moving water vapor and carbon dioxide. The energy shed by this exothermic reaction powers the endothermic reaction of cooking your dinner.
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Would You Eat Bull...
Cho may be Taiwan's most highly respected chef and tonight he will host a very unusual dinner for some very special guests including several of taiwan's top food critics the dish he's chosen to prepare is so taboo it may be
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Top 5 Slithering Snake...
the snake comes out onto the rocks after hunting in the sea to chill out and digest its dinner so it's a good chance for me to get a closer look kind of weird this crawling into a deep cave looking for deadly venomous
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Why Do Cats Miaow? PIPE...
It rarely happens when the cats are out with each other. Hello. To understand what's going on Do you want some dinner? we have to go back to the beginning and the youngest members of our study.
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thank you so much for dinner solar power is scaling up faster than cellphones for six years running half the world's editions of electric generating capacity have been renewable
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Vampires: Folklore,...
Good evening! What's the matter? Are you afraid of vampires? He he, no need to worry, I'm not staying for dinner. I'm here to guide you through a brief history of vampires,
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What is a gift economy?...
distribute their creative works, not for financial profit, but to raise their social profile or establish their community role. And even potluck dinners and holiday gift traditions involve some degree of reciprocity and social norms. We might wonder if a gift is truly a gift if it comes with obligations or involves some social pay off.
Video examples
Jedidah Isler: How I...
The dinner plate by which material falls onto the black hole is called the accretion disc, shown here in blue. Some of that material is slingshotted around the black hole and accelerated to insanely high speeds in the jet, shown here in white. Although the blazar system is rare,
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The Survival of the Sea...
will perish. Ultimately, with the passage of years, the survivors will increase in size, from that of a dinner plate at year one to that of a dinner table, in the case of one species at least, the leatherback, a decade or so later. With size comes some measure of protection.
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Baby Weasel Playtime PIPE...
this instinct dinner already the little chitter in this is like a contact call i've heard this in the wild with wild weasels lots of times and it's to me it's one of the most beautiful sounds that actually is twizz must start strengthening her muscles to improve her agility
Video examples
What triggers a chemical...
Entropy also increases and helps the reaction along because the neat, organized log of wood is now converted into randomly moving water vapor and carbon dioxide. The energy shed by this exothermic reaction powers the endothermic reaction of cooking your dinner.
Video examples
Would You Eat Bull...
Cho may be Taiwan's most highly respected chef and tonight he will host a very unusual dinner for some very special guests including several of taiwan's top food critics the dish he's chosen to prepare is so taboo it may be
Video examples
Top 5 Slithering Snake...
the snake comes out onto the rocks after hunting in the sea to chill out and digest its dinner so it's a good chance for me to get a closer look kind of weird this crawling into a deep cave looking for deadly venomous
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Why Do Cats Miaow? PIPE...
It rarely happens when the cats are out with each other. Hello. To understand what's going on Do you want some dinner? we have to go back to the beginning and the youngest members of our study.
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Why modern renewable...
thank you so much for dinner solar power is scaling up faster than cellphones for six years running half the world's editions of electric generating capacity have been renewable
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Vampires: Folklore,...
Good evening! What's the matter? Are you afraid of vampires? He he, no need to worry, I'm not staying for dinner. I'm here to guide you through a brief history of vampires,
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Neil Gaiman
British Author
Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.
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Haylie Duff
American Actress
My mom was probably the biggest influence. She cooked dinner every night. We sat around the table every night. It was a very traditional family.
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Isla Fisher
Australian Actress
Comedy has always been important in my family. If you got in a good joke at the dinner table, it meant more than almost anything else.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
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Jack Monroe
British Journalist
I live in a world where I want everyone to be able to put beurre blanc on the table for dinner.
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Janet Flanner
American Journalist
She was built for crowds. She has never come any closer to life than the dinner table.
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Princess Michael of Kent
I cook. Well, if I'm giving a dinner party I get in help.
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Gerald R. Ford
American President
Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.
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Tiffani Thiessen
Actress
I really try to plan out my dinners in advance.
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Burt Lancaster
American Actor
My brother never had me to dinner in his life.
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Neil Gaiman
British Author
Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.
Quote examples
Haylie Duff
American Actress
My mom was probably the biggest influence. She cooked dinner every night. We sat around the table every night. It was a very traditional family.
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Isla Fisher
Australian Actress
Comedy has always been important in my family. If you got in a good joke at the dinner table, it meant more than almost anything else.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
Quote examples
Jack Monroe
British Journalist
I live in a world where I want everyone to be able to put beurre blanc on the table for dinner.
Quote examples
Janet Flanner
American Journalist
She was built for crowds. She has never come any closer to life than the dinner table.
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Princess Michael of Kent
I cook. Well, if I'm giving a dinner party I get in help.
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Gerald R. Ford
American President
Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.
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Tiffani Thiessen
Actress
I really try to plan out my dinners in advance.
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Burt Lancaster
American Actor
My brother never had me to dinner in his life.
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