dining

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UK/ˈdaɪnɪŋ(ɡ)/

noun

Eating dinner as a social function.

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Meanings

noundining (countable and uncountable, plural dinings)

plural dinings

  1. countableuncountableEating dinner as a social function.

    For my own part I preferred to remain with the ship, and I am now glad that I did so, for the welcome we received at Havana; the cheering crowds upon the quay; the friends we met and made; the dinings in and dinings out […]

    1869, The XIX Century, volume 1, page 6
  2. countableuncountableEntertaining someone to dinner.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dine

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
eating

Translations

Bulgarian вечеря
  • вечеря (večerja)eating dinner
Spanish cena
  • cenaeating dinner

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dining

miningliningshiningdecliningrefiningdeminingpiningfining
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Anagrams

indign
Cite this entry
APA

dining. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dining

MLA

“dining.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dining. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dining,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dining.

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