| around |
If your dad will be home around dinner time, it means that he will be home near dinner time. He might be a little bit late or a little bit early. If you have around fifty cents in your pocket, you might have a little more or less than that, but the amount is near fifty cents. [1/11 definitions] |
| assumption |
something that is supposed or believed without questioning. For example, if you ask someone whether she is allowed to watch TV during dinner, you have made an assumption that there is a TV in her house. Assumptions are ideas people have that are not based on proven facts. An assumption can be correct or incorrect. [1/2 definitions] |
| banquet |
a fancy, formal dinner. |
| before |
"Before" means earlier than the time when something else happens. If you eat a lot of snacks before you have dinner, you will not be hungry for dinner. [1/4 definitions] |
| clear |
When you clear something, you take things away from it so that there is open space. When you clear the table after dinner, you take all the dishes and things away. [1/7 definitions] |
| come |
We often use the word "come" when we talk about the order of things. If the cake and ice cream come after dinner, it means that the cake and ice cream follow the dinner. If your name comes before your friend's name on a list, it means that your name is above your friend's name. [1/5 definitions] |
| company |
"Company" means special guests who come to your house. When you have company for dinner, you have guests for dinner. [1/3 definitions] |
| date1 |
When a person dates another person, they go out together to dinner or movies or things like that because they like each other in a romantic way or want to see if they like each other in that way. [1/6 definitions] |
| dessert |
A dessert is a sweet food such as pie, cake, or ice cream. Desserts are served at the end of a meal, especially after a dinner. |
| dine |
to eat dinner. |
| dine out |
to eat dinner away from one's home. |
| dinner |
Dinner is the main meal of the day. Most people have dinner in the evening, but sometimes people have dinner in the middle of the day. [2 definitions] |
| dinnertime |
the time at which people begin to eat dinner, or the period in which people are eating dinner. |
| early |
When you have an early dinner, it means that the dinner is before the usual time. [1/4 definitions] |
| entertain |
If your parents entertain people in their home, they have them as guests, usually for dinner or a party. [1/3 definitions] |
| ±ð²Ô³Ù°ùÏÐ |
the main course of a meal, especially a dinner. [1/2 definitions] |
| evening |
Evening is the period between late afternoon and the time that people go to bed. Most people eat dinner in the evening. [1/2 definitions] |
| expect |
If you are expected to do something, you have to do it because of someone's request or order. In some cases, though, someone will just be angry or disappointed if you don't do it. If your parents expect you to do your homework after dinner, you have to do it after dinner or they will be upset or disappointed with you. [1/3 definitions] |
| generally |
Generally sometimes means usually. If you generally have dinner around seven, it means that you usually have dinner around that time. [1/2 definitions] |
| hand |
If you sit on someone's right hand at dinner, it means that you sit on their right side. [1/11 definitions] |
| instead of |
If you are going to have pizza for dinner instead of hamburgers, it means there has been change. There was a plan to have hamburgers, but now you are NOT going to have hamburgers for dinner and you will have pizza in their place. |