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dining

dining

357 1.0
Eating a meal, often dinner, in a restaurant or with guests
  • noun
  • /ˈdaɪnɪŋ/
: cenar
  • They enjoyed a formal dining experience at the elegant restaurant downtown.
  • a dining room
  • a dining table
  • a dining hall

And so, so it's like a sit down meal dining experience.

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Examples

  • We met each week in a different house, sitting around the dining room table with our work.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Indoors, the architecture hadn't changed much, so the several dining rooms were small and intimate.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Uh, you could see a large, private dining room at the back.

    Find Me Guilty (2006)

  • Are you sure this thing's gonna fit in the new dining room?

    Here (2024)

  • And earlier that day he was seen in the hotel dining room with a woman.

    Wandering Eye (2011)

  • Where is the dining room?

    Kindergarten Cop (1990)

  • "You better call down and make sure the dining room is ready for them.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • I'm going to the dining room.

    Jack Be Nimble (2022)

  • We have to be out of the dining room by 6:30.

    Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

  • This is our first proper big dinner in the dining room, in our blooming dining room.

Synonyms

meal
vsdining
∞ 1.0

A time when people eat, for example breakfast or dinner

is used for formal evening social occasions rather than routine scheduled times
dinner
vsdining
  • Formal
611 1.0

A formal meal in the evening where people meet for social or business reasons

is the action of having food rather than the social gathering itself
eating
vsdining
401 1.0

Putting food into your mouth and swallowing

is the act focused on formal or social evening occasions rather than general intake

Compounds

dining room
211 1.0

A room in a house where people eat meals together

dining table
45 1.0

A table for people to sit around and eat meals together

dining-room table
31 1.0

A table in a dining room where people eat meals

dining-hall
22 2.1

A large room in a college where many students eat meals

fine dining
17 3.9

A special, fancy meal at a high quality restaurant

dining area
11 1.3

A space in a home or restaurant for eating meals

dining-room
7 1.0

A room in a house where people eat meals together

dining car
7 3.0

A part of a train where passengers eat meals during a journey

dining room set
  • US
3 2.1

A matching table with chairs used for eating in a dining room

dining companion
1 2.8

A person who shares a meal with you in a social setting

outdoor dining
1 1.8

Eating a meal outside at a restaurant or café

shopping and dining
1 1.3

Going to shops and restaurants to buy things and eat for fun

dining-room set
1 2.3

A set of matching furniture for a dining room, usually a table and chairs

dining-room furniture
1 2.7

Things like a table and chairs for eating meals in a dining room

dining room suite
  • UK
1 3.1

A set of matching furniture for a dining room, usually a table and chairs

dining-room attendant
1 3.5

A person who serves food and helps guests in a dining room

dining compartment
1 3.9

A part of a train where people eat meals while traveling

dining-room suite
1 4.3

A set of matching furniture for a dining room, usually a table and chairs

no-frills dining
1 4.1

Simple restaurant food that costs little and has few extras

How Formal

banquet
  • Formal
100 3.9
dinner party
102 1.0
dining
357 1.0
eating
401 1.0
to snack
36 1.0

Surface Forms

dining singular
dinings plural

Morphology

dining = dine (transparent) = dine + ing

A straightforward gerund/nominal formation from the verb 'dine' using the productive '-ing' suffix; the meaning is directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

Dining comes from the verb dine, which came from an old French word for the 'main meal' and is the same root as dinner. So, dining means the act of eating a meal, often with other people or in a more formal setting.