Definitions for dining
din·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. diningnoun

   the act of eating dinner

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.9 / 8 votes

1. diningnoun

   Eating dinner as a social function

2. diningnoun

   Entertaining someone to dinner

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dining

   A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of cuisines and service models ranging from inexpensive fast-food restaurants and cafeterias to mid-priced family restaurants, to high-priced luxury establishments.

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1. dining

   Dining refers to the act of eating a meal, typically prepared and served as breakfast, lunch, or dinner. This activity often takes place in a dedicated area called a dining room. Dining can also refer to the social experience of eating together with family, friends, or business associates, whether in a home, a restaurant, or any other food-serving establishment.

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1. Dining

   of Dine

2. Dining

   from Dine, a

Matched Categories

1. • Eating

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dining' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3469

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dining' in Nouns Frequency: #2149

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Anagrams for dining »

1. indign

2. niding

How to pronounce dining?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say dining in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dining in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dining in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of dining in a Sentence

1. Seb Lyall:

   Every table that you sit at is designed so that the sight is obstructed between other dining parties, the restaurant is partitioned or there’s bamboo or you only see someone’s back or a silhouette or their shadows from candles.

2. Jack Donachy:

   The true luxury is freedom, there are no seat belts and for most of the journey you are free to walk around, or have a glass of this or that, or read, or go to the dining car for something to eat, or simply stare out the window and allow thoughts to wander.

3. Jo Fuller:

   We'd been shopping for a family barbecue before relaxing outside overlooking the sea, the next thing I remember was waking up on the dining room floor surrounded by paramedics. I had no idea I'd suffered a seizure and stopped breathing.

4. Tim Ryan:

   Director Mulvaney should turn his calls for spending restraint toward the Trump Administration’s mounting spending scandals involving the obscene waste of taxpayer money, i didn’t hear any calls for restraint from Director Mulvaney when the Administration used taxpayer dollars to buy a $43,000 phone booth or a $31,000 dining room table. Where is Director Mulvaney while the Administration is piling-up private jet costs and taking $120,000 Italian vacations — all on the government dime?

5. Maureen Donohue-Peters:

   Out of eight meals, he ate seven here. We were his dining room.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dining
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dining
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dining
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dining
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=dining