banquet
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈbæŋkwɪt/
- Formal
:
banquete
- There was a wedding banquet at the Drunken Moon tonight.
- host a banquet
- hold a banquet
- attend a banquet
And he was at this meeting and at the banquet, he had clearly had one too many.
- And he was at this meeting and at the banquet, he had clearly had one too many.
- So you could like hunt stag and have banquets or whatever.
- But let me tell you a story at the Nobel banquet, OK?
- That is literally an all day real estate investing crash course with a banquet at the Bellagio.
- He says a father reproves his son's elaborate banquets, though he's worse than his son.
- They may gorge themselves at the VIP banquet table that they get to sit at, but then complain about it.
- You go out tonight and it's a fundraiser of your local PTA or the school or, or it's the the banquet for the high school basketball team.
- So a year later, during Valentine's Day, I had this idea to basically redo the Valentine's Day banquet just for us.
- And so there was a like there was a, a banquet, like a bit a, a posh dinner catered by Heston Blumenthal.
- And we're in this banquet room at this hotel in Oakland.
- And this year there was no big wave banquet because obviously COVID.
Examples
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Then the two sides celebrated at a banquet that went on until morning.
Fiction book (1991) -
The banquet begins promptly at 8.
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So tell me, who can we count on seeing at my banquet tomorrow?
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We had a big banquet at the end of the year with the mayor and everybody, you know, big shots out there.
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When I was the age she had been then, I attended a banquet with my parents.
Fiction book (1991) -
We need to be at the banquet by 2 p.m.
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The week concludes that evening with a banquet and dance in the hotel.
Academic text (1993) -
In response, a grand banquet was called to mend the peace.
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Phil and Rita walk into a banquet room decorated with streamers, balloons, and flowers.
Fiction book (1993) -
The organization hosted a grand banquet to celebrate its anniversary with distinguished guests.
Synonyms
162
1.9
A large special meal with many foods for a celebration
72
3.7
A large formal party with entertainment, often to raise money for charity
21
3.6
A formal meal or meeting where people sit together to talk
4
3.3
A dinner where guests wear very smart clothes and follow strict manners
1
6.0
A fancy formal party with entertainment to celebrate or raise money
Compounds
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Banquet comes from an old word for a 'small bench', like the English bench. People once sat on benches to eat at big feasts, so a banquet is a large, formal meal to celebrate.