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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dine /daɪn/USA pronunciation v., dined, din•ing. - to eat a meal, esp. the principal meal of the day;
have dinner:[no object]We'll dine with our friends tonight at about eight. - to entertain at or provide with dinner:[~ + object]After we wine and dine them, I'm sure they'll join our company.
- dine on, [~ + on + object] to eat (food) for a meal:They were dining on roast duck.
- dine out, [no object] to eat a meal, esp. dinner, away from home:We dined out with our friends.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dine (dīn),USA pronunciation v., dined, din•ing, n. v.i. - to eat the principal meal of the day;
have dinner. - to take any meal.
v.t. - to entertain at dinner.
- dine out, to take a meal, esp. the principal or more formal meal of the day, away from home, as in a hotel or restaurant:They dine out at least once a week.
n. - Scottish Termsdinner.
- Vulgar Latin *disjējūnāre to break one's fast, equivalent. to Latin dis- dis-1 + Late Latin jējūnāre to fast; see jejune
- Anglo-French, Old French di(s)ner
- Middle English dinen 1250–1300
Dine (dīn),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical James (Jim), born 1935, U.S. painter.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dine /daɪn/ vb - (intransitive) to eat dinner
- (intr; often followed by on, off, or upon) to make one's meal (of): the guests dined upon roast beef
- (transitive) informal to entertain to dinner (esp in the phrase wine and dine someone)
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French disner, contracted from Vulgar Latin disjējūnāre (unattested) to cease fasting, from dis- not + Late Latin jējūnāre to fast; see jejune |