often attributive
1
a
: the principal meal of the day
having dinner at five o'clock
b
: a formal feast or banquet
held a dinner in her honor
3
: the food prepared for a dinner
eat your dinner
4
: a packaged meal usually for quick preparation
warmed up a frozen dinner
Examples of dinner in a Sentence
We had many pleasant dinners together.
We're planning to ask them to dinner soon.
Two hundred people attended his retirement dinner.
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Black-tie dinners with the wealthy are nothing new for Trump.
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 23 May 2025
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Later, at a dinner with his dad, Pham mentioned thinking about the priesthood.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
He’s known as a showman, having previously spent $4.6 million on a dinner with Warren Buffett (which Sun canceled and rescheduled) and $28 million to join Jeff Bezos aboard Blue Origin’s first crewed mission (though Sun had to drop out).
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
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“Dinner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dinner. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
Kids Definition
dinner
noun
din·ner
ˈdin-ər 
1
: the main meal of the day
2
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