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predinner

predinner

3.2
Just before dinner
  • adverb
  • /ˌpriːˈdɪnər/
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  • We met for a predinner drink at the bar before heading to the restaurant.

Examples

  • A light predinner snack can help keep your energy up until the main meal.

  • They enjoyed a predinner walk around the neighborhood before sitting down to eat.

  • We had a predinner drink at the bar.

  • Is it too early for a predinner snack?

  • They enjoyed a predinner walk around the neighborhood before sitting down to eat.

  • A light predinner snack can help keep your energy up until the main meal.

  • We met for a predinner drink at the bar before heading to the restaurant.

Synonyms

before dinner
vspredinner
45 1.0

At a time before the evening meal

is the time immediately before the evening meal

Surface Forms

predinner positive

Morphology

predinner = predinner (transparent) = pre + dinner

The adverb is a straightforward zero-derived use of the adjective 'predinner' with the same temporal meaning.

Etymology

Predinner as an adverb uses pre- 'before' with dinner, so it tells when something happens in time. For example, a predinner walk is a walk you take right before the meal.