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# dining

verb form (dining — from dine, dines, dined, dining); adjective use in compounds (dining room, dining table)

«dining» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Dining is the -ing form of «dine», which means to eat dinner, especially a proper or special meal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dining/#m1)
2. Dining is used before nouns for places and things where meals are eaten: dining room, dining table, dining hall, dining car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dining/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life a house may have a dining room and a school a dining hall (UK) or cafeteria. «Dining out» means eating at a restaurant. It sounds a little more polite and formal than «eating». Phrases: dining room, dining table, dining hall, dining out, fine dining.

### Examples

- We are dining with Grandma tonight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dining/#x1)
- The family eats Sunday lunch in the dining room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dining/#x2)
- Please carry the plates to the dining table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dining/#x3)
- Our school dining hall is noisy at lunchtime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dining/#x4)
- My parents enjoy dining out on Fridays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dining/#x5)
- The train has a dining car where you can eat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dining/#x6)
- They were dining by candlelight when the power went out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dining/#x7)
- Jem himself put on his best clothes and went into the dining hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dining/#x8)

### Note

Spelling: one «n» — dining (from dine), not «dinning». «Dinning» comes from «din» (a loud noise). Say DY-ning. «Dining» is not a meal; the meal is «dinner».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dining» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dining/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dining» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dining.html) on Mova free.