Collocation
have dinner
to eat an evening meal
Definition
'have dinner' is a common English collocation. to eat an evening meal
have + dinner
“We usually have dinner at around seven.”
Examples
- We have dinner at six on weekdays.
- I usually have dinner with my family.
- They had dinner at a small Italian restaurant last night.
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- Are you going to have dinner before the movie?
- We are having dinner early because we have an evening meeting.
- I have dinner at my desk when I am working late.
- She had dinner with the clients to discuss the contract in a relaxed setting.
- By the time you arrived, we had already had dinner.
- If we have dinner too late, I cannot sleep well.
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