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dine

verb · noun

Simple meaning

To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

Pronunciation

Say it like this:

dyn
US device voice
IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈdaɪn

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

verb

  1. intransitive

    To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

    “We often dine with friends in this restaurant.”

  2. Give dinner to; host for dinner

  3. transitive

    To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.

noun

  1. A barangay of Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
C1 · Advanced
Frequency
Moderately Common
Typical Use
Neutral / general English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: To eat; to eat dinner or supper.

Used this way, dine is a common word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Heard in a sentence
“We often dine with friends in this restaurant.”
Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Common
Connotation
No strong connotation
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Usage note

It most often appears in the pattern “dine with …”, which is worth copying when you use it.

Natural pattern: dine with …

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More ways to use dine

  • “We often dine with friends in this restaurant.”verb

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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dine togethervan dinedine alonedine well

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • dinernounInflected form

    A person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant).

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • dine inverbCompound term

    Eat at home.

  • dine outverbCompound term

    Eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home.

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