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din·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. diningnoun

    the act of eating dinner

Wiktionary

  1. diningnoun

    Eating dinner as a social function

  2. diningnoun

    Entertaining someone to dinner

Wikipedia

  1. dining

    A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of cuisines and service models ranging from inexpensive fast-food restaurants and cafeterias to mid-priced family restaurants, to high-priced luxury establishments.

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  1. dining

    Dining refers to the act of eating a meal, typically prepared and served as breakfast, lunch, or dinner. This activity often takes place in a dedicated area called a dining room. Dining can also refer to the social experience of eating together with family, friends, or business associates, whether in a home, a restaurant, or any other food-serving establishment.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dining

    of Dine

  2. Dining

    from Dine, a

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  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'dining' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3469

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'dining' in Nouns Frequency: #2149

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Anagrams for dining »

  1. indign

  2. niding

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dining in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dining in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of dining in a Sentence

  1. Ladies Professional Golf Association:

    It seemed right to take a break( around the Olympics) for the players, it's an exciting time for us. I have yet to meet somebody in player dining who wasn't trying to figure out if they were going to make it on their country's team in Rio.

  2. Shohrat Zakir:

    Today's Xinjiang is not only beautiful but also safe and stable. No matter where they are or at what time of the day, people are no longer afraid of going out, shopping, dining and traveling, there is still a long way to go for southern Xinjiang to eradicate the environment and soil of terrorism and religious extremism.

  3. Jim Smith:

    Mark Rupp said. The virus is blamed for more than 6.5 million confirmed infections and 195,000 deaths in the U.S., by far the highest totals of any country, according to the count kept by Johns Hopkins University. While case numbers have fallen from a peak average of 67,000 new infections per day in late July to about 36,000 now, the numbers remain staggeringly high. Deaths are running at about 750 a day, down from a peak of over 2,200 in late April. In recent days, Mississippi has allowed restaurants to expand their customer capacity to 75 %. New Jersey reopened gyms and indoor dining at restaurants, though with limited capacity. Michigans governor allowed gyms to reopen and organized sports to resume. County commissioners in Pinellas County, Fla., on Thursday are set to discuss whether to repeal their mask ordinance. While some Americans may see such things as a welcome step closer to normal, public health experts warn the U.S. is setting itself up for failure — again. ( iStock) Public health experts noted that it is safe to resume certain activities in communities where there are low levels of infection. The nations top infectious-disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, appeared via video at Vermont Gov. Phil Scotts virus briefing Tuesday and praised the states response and its steps to reopen safely. Anthony Fauci chalked it up to Vermonts emphasis on wearing masks, avoiding crowds and taking other simple precautions. But elsewhere, experts said, case counts are too high to resume higher-risk activities, such as going to bars, gyms, theaters and stadiums, participating in close contact sports or eating inside a restaurant. In most communities in Florida, bars were allowed to reopen at 50 percent capacity on Monday, while keeping some precautions in place. But Floridas three biggest counties Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach are keeping their bars closed because of high case numbers. Even in places where drinking establishments have been given the OK to reopen, some owners and customers alike are hesitant. At The Leon Pub, a smoky bar a mile up the road from Floridas Capitol in Tallahassee, the Monday night crowd was sparse, as Leon Pub has been for much of the long, oppressive summer. Leon Pub been crickets and tumbleweeds, said bartender Lauren Bryant. Among the few there were Allie Preston and her husband. Weve been cooped up for a while. It was nice to have normalcy, she said. Florida bars were shuttered on St. Patricks Day in March, allowed to reopen in June, then ordered closed again about two weeks later as virus cases surged. Leon Pub was allowed to reopen in July because it had a restaurant license. Jim Smith, owner of Poor Pauls Pourhouse in Tallahassee, intends to keep Jim Smith place closed until the outbreak is over. I miss going to work every day. I miss seeing the customers and employees.

  4. Lori Rosenthal:

    When dining out, we are leaving the ingredients to the chef or fast food chain, when we make our own, we are in control.

  5. Seb Lyall:

    Every table that you sit at is designed so that the sight is obstructed between other dining parties, the restaurant is partitioned or there’s bamboo or you only see someone’s back or a silhouette or their shadows from candles.

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