dinner noun
1 [U, C] the main meal of the day, eaten either in the middle of the day or in the evening: It’s time for dinner.When do you have dinner?
What time do you serve dinner?
Let’s invite them to dinner tomorrow.
What shall we have for dinner tonight?
It’s your turn to cook dinner.
She didn’t eat much dinner.
I never eat a big dinner.
Christmas dinner
a three-course dinner
I’d like to take you out to dinner tonight.
(BrE) school dinners (= meals provided at school in the middle of the day)
2 [C] a large formal social gathering at which dinner is eaten: The club’s annual dinner will be held on 3 June.
supper noun [U, C] the last meal of the day, either a main meal, usually smaller and less formal than dinner, or a snack eaten before you go to bed: I’ll do my homework after supper.What’s for supper?
We’ll have an early supper tonight.

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