Food / A1

DIN-uh/ˈdɪnə/

Dinner is the main meal, often in the evening. In some families the midday meal is dinner; in most learner English, dinner = evening meal, lunch = midday. You have dinner. It is a social word as much as a food word.

Meaning

The main meal of the day, often in the evening.

Examples

• “Dinner is at eight.”
• “We had fish for dinner.”

Good to know

have dinner. lunch = midday; dinner = main/evening meal in this course.

Near in meaning

supper

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