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# supper

noun (supper, a supper, suppers)

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

## Everyday

1. Supper is the evening meal, especially a light or simple one, or the last meal before bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#m1)
2. (UK, regional) In some families and regions "supper" means the main evening meal, the same as dinner or tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#m2)
3. (Bible, church) The Last Supper was the meal Jesus shared with his disciples the night before he died; the Lord's Supper is another name for Holy Communion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#m3)

### In the lessons

Different English-speaking families use dinner, tea and supper differently: in northern England "tea" is the evening meal and "supper" a snack before bed; in the USA and Canada "supper" and "dinner" are often the same. In RE, the Last Supper is painted in a famous picture by Leonardo da Vinci. Phrases: have supper, at supper, eat your supper, a fish supper (Scotland: fish and chips), sing for your supper (do something in return for help).

### Examples

- We had soup and toast for supper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#x1)
- Come in, it's time for supper! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#x2)
- At the Last Supper, Jesus broke the bread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#x3)
- Grandma makes cocoa for supper before bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#x4)
- In Scotland we got a fish supper from the chip shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#x5)
- Our church shares the Lord's Supper once a month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#x6)
- You'll have to sing for your supper and help wash up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#x7)
- Servants came, and he ordered supper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supper/#x8)

### Note

Usually uncountable ("have supper", no "a"), but "a hot supper" is fine. Spelling: double p — supper (meal); super (great) has one p and says "SOO-per".

## On Mova

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