dine

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verb

ˈdīn How to pronounce dine (audio)
dined; dining
Synonyms of dinenext

intransitive verb

: to take dinner
—often used with on
dine on pasta

transitive verb

: to give a dinner to
wined her and dined her

dine

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noun

Scotland
: dinner

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Examples of dine in a Sentence

Verb We'll be dining at six o'clock. She likes to dine at expensive restaurants. I will be dining alone tonight. We hope you have an enjoyable dining experience.
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Verb
The thuggish suitors dining in Odysseus and Penelope’s castle see the queen as a prize, not a human being. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 July 2026 At lunchtime, sunbathers clamber up the stairs from the beach, to dine at the shaded veranda restaurant that’s by far the best place to eat in town. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Noun
Then customers can take a seat at a brown banquette and pristine white marble tables, dine at the bar or on the patio near the wine window. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026 The airline’s dine-anytime service in First and Business Class gives passengers more freedom to decide when those pairings arrive. — Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for dine

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French disner, diner to eat, have a meal, from Vulgar Latin *disjejunare to break one's fast, from Latin dis- + Late Latin jejunare to fast, from Latin jejunus fasting

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dine was in the 14th century

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“Dine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dine. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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dine

verb
ˈdīn
dined; dining
1
: to eat dinner
dine out
2
: to give a dinner to : feed
wined and dined their friends

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