Words / B2

DYN/daɪn/

To dine is to eat dinner, especially formally: dine on; dine out; dining in hall. Eat is everyday; dinner is the meal (already in the dictionary). They dined in hall; still name the college. Mix-up: dine vs din (a loud noise); diner; do not write dine for a snack in a corridor with no meal in the source.

Meaning

To eat dinner, especially formally (dine on / out).

Examples

• “They dined in hall; still name the college, the history source said, not a restaurant advert.”
• “Dine out featured in the household survey, which is the restaurant sense — still quote the £ spend.”

Good to know

dine on / out / in hall; dining. Everyday: eat. Meal: dinner. Trap: din / diner. History, RS, and accounts. Eat a formal meal — name the hall or the £ spend.

Near in meaning

eat, feast, sup

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