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lunch
lunch L0290500 (lŭnch)n.1. A meal eaten at midday.2. The food provided for a midday meal.intr.v. lunched, lunch·ing, lunch·es To eat a midday meal.Idiom: out to lunch Slang Not in touch with the real world; crazy.
[Short for luncheon.]
lunch′er n.lunch (lʌntʃ) n1. a meal eaten during the middle of the day2. Caribbean (among older people) mid-afternoon teavb3. (intr) to eat lunch4. (tr) to provide or buy lunch for[C16: probably short form of luncheon] ˈluncher nlunch (lʌntʃ)
n. 1. a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon. 2. any light meal or snack. v.i. 3. to eat lunch. 4. to provide lunch for. Idioms: out to lunch, Slang. in a daze; inattentive or unaware. [1585–95; shortening of luncheon] lunch′er, n. dinner lunch1. 'dinner'People usually call their main meal of the day dinner. Some people have this meal in the middle of the day, and others have it in the evening. We had roast beef and potatoes for dinner.I haven't had dinner yet.2. 'lunch'People who call their evening meal dinner usually refer to a meal eaten in the middle of the day as lunch. I had soup and a sandwich for lunch.I'm going out to lunch.Be Careful!
You don't usually use 'a' with dinner or lunch. Don't say, for example, I haven't had a dinner yet'. lunch
Past participle: lunched
Gerund: lunching
| Present |
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| I lunch | | you lunch | | he/she/it lunches | | we lunch | | you lunch | | they lunch |
| Preterite |
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| I lunched | | you lunched | | he/she/it lunched | | we lunched | | you lunched | | they lunched |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am lunching | | you are lunching | | he/she/it is lunching | | we are lunching | | you are lunching | | they are lunching |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have lunched | | you have lunched | | he/she/it has lunched | | we have lunched | | you have lunched | | they have lunched |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was lunching | | you were lunching | | he/she/it was lunching | | we were lunching | | you were lunching | | they were lunching |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had lunched | | you had lunched | | he/she/it had lunched | | we had lunched | | you had lunched | | they had lunched |
| Future |
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| I will lunch | | you will lunch | | he/she/it will lunch | | we will lunch | | you will lunch | | they will lunch |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have lunched | | you will have lunched | | he/she/it will have lunched | | we will have lunched | | you will have lunched | | they will have lunched |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be lunching | | you will be lunching | | he/she/it will be lunching | | we will be lunching | | you will be lunching | | they will be lunching |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been lunching | | you have been lunching | | he/she/it has been lunching | | we have been lunching | | you have been lunching | | they have been lunching |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been lunching | | you will have been lunching | | he/she/it will have been lunching | | we will have been lunching | | you will have been lunching | | they will have been lunching |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been lunching | | you had been lunching | | he/she/it had been lunching | | we had been lunching | | you had been lunching | | they had been lunching |
| Conditional |
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| I would lunch | | you would lunch | | he/she/it would lunch | | we would lunch | | you would lunch | | they would lunch |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have lunched | | you would have lunched | | he/she/it would have lunched | | we would have lunched | | you would have lunched | | they would have lunched |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  lunch - a midday meal dejeuner, luncheon, tiffinmeal, repast - the food served and eaten at one timebusiness lunch - lunch (usually at a restaurant) where business is discussed and the cost is charged as a business expense | | Verb | 1. | lunch - take the midday meal; "At what time are you lunching?"eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" | | 2. | lunch - provide a midday meal for; "She lunched us well"feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" |
Translationslunch (lantʃ) also luncheon (ˈlantʃən) noun a meal eaten in the middle of the day. 午餐 午餐 verb to eat this meal. We lunched on the train. 吃午餐 吃午餐ˈlunchtime noun the time between 12.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m., when people eat lunch. 午餐時間 午餐时间- The lunch was excellent → 午餐很可口
- I'm free for lunch → 我午餐时有空
- Where do we stop for lunch? → 在哪儿停车吃午饭？
- When will lunch be ready? → 几点能吃午饭？
- Can we meet for lunch? → 我们能在午饭时碰面吗？
lunch
See:- (there) ain't no free lunch(es)
- (there) ain't no such thing as a free lunch
- a free lunch
- a legend in (one's) own lunchtime
- a spot of lunch
- be out to lunch
- blow (one's) lunch
- blow chunks
- blow lunch
- blow one’s lunch
- do lunch
- eat (one's) lunch
- eat lunch
- eat somebody's lunch
- eat someone alive
- eat someone’s lunch
- eat someone's lunch
- fix (something) for breakfast/lunch/dinner/etc.
- free lunch
- hot lunch
- ladies who lunch
- launch (one's) lunch
- launch one’s lunch
- Let’s do lunch
- Let’s do lunch sometime
- Let’s do the lunch thing
- let's do lunch (sometime)
- let's do the lunch thing
- liquid lunch
- lose (one's) lunch
- lose one’s lunch
- lose one's lunch
- lose your lunch
- lunch off
- lunch out
- lunching
- out to (some meal)
- out to lunch
- power lunch/breakfast
- spot of lunch
- stay to (something)
- There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch
- There's no such thing as a free lunch
- three-martini lunch
- toss one’s cookies
- toss one’s lunch
- We have to do lunch sometime
LUNCH
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| LUNCH➣Local United Network to Combat Hunger |
lunch
Synonyms for lunchnoun a midday mealSynonymsRelated Wordsverb take the midday mealRelated Wordsverb provide a midday meal forRelated Words |