Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dinner
Participle: dinnered
Gerund: dinnering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dinner |
| you | dinner |
| he;she;it | dinners |
| we | dinner |
| you | dinner |
| they | dinner |
Perfect
| I | have dinnered |
| you | have dinnered |
| he;she;it | has dinnered |
| we | have dinnered |
| you | have dinnered |
| they | have dinnered |
Past
| I | dinnered |
| you | dinnered |
| he;she;it | dinnered |
| we | dinnered |
| you | dinnered |
| they | dinnered |
Pluperfect
| I | had dinnered |
| you | had dinnered |
| he;she;it | had dinnered |
| we | had dinnered |
| you | had dinnered |
| they | had dinnered |
Future
| I | will dinner |
| you | will dinner |
| he;she;it | will dinner |
| we | will dinner |
| you | will dinner |
| they | will dinner |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dinnered |
| you | will have dinnered |
| he;she;it | will have dinnered |
| we | will have dinnered |
| you | will have dinnered |
| they | will have dinnered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dinner |
| you | dinner |
| he;she;it | dinner |
| we | dinner |
| you | dinner |
| they | dinner |
Perfect
| I | have dinnered |
| you | have dinnered |
| he;she;it | have dinnered |
| we | have dinnered |
| you | have dinnered |
| they | have dinnered |
Imperfect
| I | dinnered |
| you | dinnered |
| he;she;it | dinnered |
| we | dinnered |
| you | dinnered |
| they | dinnered |
Pluperfect
| I | had dinnered |
| you | had dinnered |
| he;she;it | had dinnered |
| we | had dinnered |
| you | had dinnered |
| they | had dinnered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dinner |
| you | would dinner |
| he;she;it | would dinner |
| we | would dinner |
| you | would dinner |
| they | would dinner |
Perfect
| I | would have dinnered |
| you | would have dinnered |
| he;she;it | would have dinnered |
| we | would have dinnered |
| you | would have dinnered |
| they | would have dinnered |
Imperative
| you | dinner |
| we | Let's dinner |
| you | dinner |
Verbs conjugated like 'dinner'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dinner'
binner,
donner,
banner,
bedinner,
cinder,
dander,
danger,
dauner,
diaper,
dicker,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English dyner, from Old French disner (“lunch”, but originally “breakfast”), (modern French dîner), from Vulgar Latin *disiūnō, *disiūnāre from Latin dis- + iēiūnō (“to break the fast”). See: Old French '
disner', French '
dîner'.
Verbs referencing "dinner"
Maori tina.
Sample Sentences
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Once I was geared up, I joined him on the wide, flat seat of the sled which was loaded up with hot food for the jacks who were dinnering out since they worked a forty far from the camp. [2014, Caroline Akervik, chapter 6, in White Pine, White Bear Lake, MN: Melange Books, page 57:]
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1887, Caroline Emily Cameron, A Devout Lover, London: F.V. White & Co., Volume 1, Chapter 11, p. 181,
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She had taken her about to concerts and exhibitions—she had dinnered her at the Colonies, and suppered her at the New Club.
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‘The Irish were awful anyway,’ Lady Wolseley said, ‘and their not attending the season should be greeted with relief. The dreary matrons dragging their dreary daughters about the place and dinnering up every possible partner for them. The truth is that no one wants to marry their daughters, no one at all.’ [2004, Colm Tóibín, chapter 2, in The Master, New York: Scribner, page 26:]