dine
verb/daɪn/
/daɪn/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they dine | /daɪn/ /daɪn/ |
| he / she / it dines | /daɪnz/ /daɪnz/ |
| past simple dined | /daɪnd/ /daɪnd/ |
| past participle dined | /daɪnd/ /daɪnd/ |
| -ing form dining | /ˈdaɪnɪŋ/ /ˈdaɪnɪŋ/ |
- to eat dinner
- We dined with my parents at a restaurant in town.
Collocations RestaurantsRestaurantsEating out- eat (lunch/dinner)/dine/meet at/in a restaurant
- go (out)/take somebody (out) for lunch/dinner/a meal
- have dinner/lunch/a meal with somebody
- make/have a reservation (in/under the name of Yamada)
- reserve/ (especially British English) book a table for six
- ask for/request a table for two/a table by the window
- wait to be seated
- show somebody to their table
- sit in the corner/by the window/at the bar/at the counter
- hand somebody/give somebody the menu/wine list
- open/read/study/peruse the menu
- the restaurant has a three-course set menu/a children’s menu/an extensive wine list
- taste/sample/try the wine
- the waiter takes your order
- order/choose/have the soup of the day/one of the specials/the house (British English) speciality/(especially North American English) specialty
- serve/finish the first course/the starter/the main course/dessert/coffee
- complain about the food/the service/your meal
- enjoy your meal
- pay/ask for (especially British English) the bill/(North American English) the check
- pay for/treat somebody to dinner/lunch/the meal
- service is (not) included
- give somebody/leave (somebody) a tip
Extra ExamplesTopics Cooking and eatingc2- They dined in style in the hotel restaurant.
- the joys of dining al fresco
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- al fresco
- in style
- out
- …
- on
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French disner, probably from desjëuner ‘to break fast’, from des- (expressing reversal) + jëun ‘fasting’ (from Latin jejunus).Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See dine in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarywine and dine (somebody)
- to go to restaurants, etc. and enjoy good food and drink; to entertain somebody by buying them good food and drink
- The town offers many opportunities for wining and dining.
- The firm spent thousands wining and dining potential clients.
- His boss took him out to be wined and dined.
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