dining
UK/ˈdaɪnɪŋ(ɡ)/
dining noun: eating dinner as a social function. Also the present participle and gerund of dine.
Noun
dining (countable and uncountable, plural dinings)
- Eating 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
- Entertaining someone to dinner.
Also used as
dining is also the present participle and gerund of dine.
Forms of dining
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Phrases with dining
- dining in
- dining out
- dining cars
- dining sets
- dining halls
- dining rooms
- dining chairs
- dining leaves
- dining out on
- dining tables
- dining needles
- dining at the Y
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Words that rhyme with dining
Questions about dining
- What does dining mean?
- Dining means eating dinner as a social function.
- What part of speech is dining?
- Dining is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dining?
- Dining is pronounced /ˈdaɪnɪŋ(ɡ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dining?
- The plural of dining is dinings.
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