dinner

[US]/'dɪnə/
[UK]/'dɪnɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a meal in the evening; a formal evening meal; a main meal eaten in the evening

Phrases & Collocations

have dinner

family dinner

dinner time

after dinner

dinner party

dinner table

at dinner

eat dinner

thanksgiving dinner

cooking dinner

annual dinner

have a dinner

gala dinner

cook dinner

buffet dinner

make dinner

stay for dinner

candlelight dinner

farewell dinner

dinner set

welcome dinner

Example Sentences

The dinner was middling.

The dinner is -ring.

give a dinner party.

a formal dinner party.

dinner at a swish hotel.

It is near dinner time.

a dinner of five courses

Dinner is about ready.

redd the dinner table.

dinner conversation that scintillated.

The dinner was out of this world.

Dinner will be ready soon.

The dinner party was a disaster.

Real-world Examples

I don't want to spoil my dinner.

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 7

They want couples to avoid overpriced dinners, gifts and flowers.

Source: World Holidays

Well, it would still be Christmas dinner.

Source: Daily English Listening | Bilingual Intensive Reading

I would like to order my dinner.

Source: Traveling Abroad Conversation Scenarios: Accommodation Section

Because tonight is not a regular dinner.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) October 2022 Collection

I left her dinner in the fridge.

Source: the chair

He had brought me dinner while I was cramming for exams.

Source: S03

Scraps and bones is no kind of dinner.

Source: Selected Romantic Wolves of the Jungle

He just wanted a free dinner and more!

Source: VOA Slow English - Word Stories

Can you tell Dad that dinner's ready?

Source: American Family Universal Parent-Child English

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