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supper
[ suhp-er ]
noun
- the evening meal, often the principal meal of the day.
- any light evening meal, especially one taken late in the evening:
an after-the-theater supper.
adjective
- of or relating to supper:
the supper dishes.
- for, during, or including supper:
a supper party.
supper
/ ˈʌə /
noun
- an evening meal, esp a light one
- an evening social event featuring a supper
- sing for one's supperto obtain something by performing a service
verb
- rare.tr to give supper to
- rare.intr to eat supper
Derived Forms
- ˈܱ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ܱp· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of supper1
Idioms and Phrases
see sing for one's supper .Example Sentences
Cardiff University runs a supper club for 100 students on a monthly basis and its university chaplaincy offers access to free hot drinks and meals.
In a similar way, when supper was end-
Post-pandemic, there’s been a surge in supper clubs around the world.
That is how seriously an American combat military unit took the security around the transmission of something as simple as plans to go pick up a hot meal for supper.
And with that, he's off to have some supper.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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