Past tense of dine
regular verb
The past tense of dine is dined. The past participle is also dined.
Forms of dine
| Base form (V1) | dine /daɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | dined /daɪnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | dined /daɪnd/ |
| Present participle | dining /ˈdaɪnɪŋ(ɡ)/ |
| Third person singular | dines /daɪnz/ |
Dined in a sentence
- I dined them, treated them, listened to the truth of their hearts, stole their names and through this means bluffed and bartered my way into courthouse, palace and colonial manor.2019 November 12, Claire North [pseudonym; Catherine Webb], chapter 60, in The Pursuit of William Abbey, New York, N.Y.: Orbit, →ISBN, page...
- They dined in a sumptuous banquet hall decorated with gold.From the entry sumptuous
- We dined seaside and watched the gulls' antics.From the entry seaside
- We dined oceanside and watched the gulls' antics.From the entry oceanside
- Like I said, I’d been used to being wined and dined, you know, being the “dinee”.2004, Will Jones, “Tina from New Mexico: Let Me Tell You ’bout This A**hole…”, in Let Me Tell You ’bout This…, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford…. From the entry diner
Meaning of dine
- verb To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
- verb To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
- verb To dine upon; to have to eat.
Questions about the past tense of dine
- What is the past tense of dine?
- The past tense of dine is dined.
- What is the past participle of dine?
- The past participle of dine is dined.
- Is dine a regular or irregular verb?
- Dine is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dine (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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