lunch
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lunch
(lŭnch)n.
1. A meal eaten at midday.
2. The food provided for a midday meal.
intr.v. lunched, lunch·ing, lunch·es
Idiom: To eat a midday meal.
out to lunch Slang
Not in touch with the real world; crazy.
[Short for luncheon.]
lunch′er n.
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lunch
(lʌntʃ)n
1. a meal eaten during the middle of the day
2. Caribbean (among older people) mid-afternoon tea
vb
3. (intr) to eat lunch
4. (tr) to provide or buy lunch for
[C16: probably short form of luncheon]
ˈluncher n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
lunch
(lʌntʃ)n.
1. a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
2. any light meal or snack.
v.i. 3. to eat lunch.
4. to provide lunch for.
Idioms: out to lunch, Slang. in a daze; inattentive or unaware.
[1585–95; shortening of luncheon]
lunch′er, n.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
dinner
– lunch1. 'dinner'
People usually call their main meal of the day dinner. Some people have this meal in the middle of the day, and others have it in the evening.
We had roast beef and potatoes for dinner.
I haven't had dinner yet.
2. 'lunch'
People who call their evening meal dinner usually refer to a meal eaten in the middle of the day as lunch.
I had soup and a sandwich for lunch.
I'm going out to lunch.
Be Careful!
You don't usually use 'a' with dinner or lunch. Don't say, for example, I haven't had a dinner yet'.
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lunch
Past participle: lunched
Gerund: lunching
| Imperative |
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| lunch |
| lunch |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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| Noun | 1. |  lunch - a midday meal business lunch - lunch (usually at a restaurant) where business is discussed and the cost is charged as a business expense |
| Verb | 1. | lunch - take the midday meal; "At what time are you lunching?" eat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" |
| 2. | lunch - provide a midday meal for; "She lunched us well" |
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Translations
غَداءغَدَاءٌيَتَناوَل وجْبَة الغَداء
obědobědvat
frokostlunchmiddag
Mittagessenzu Mittag essenLunch
lõuna
lounaslounastaa
ručak
ebédebédel
hádegisverîursnæîa hádegisverî
昼食
점심
prandium
priešpiečiaipriešpiečiautipriešpiečių metas
ēst lenču, vieglas pusdienaslenčs, vieglas pusdienas
prânz
obedobedovať
kosilokositiobedjužina
obedručak
lunch
อาหารกลางวัน
öğle yemeğiöğle yemeği yemek
bữa trưa
lunch
[lʌntʃ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
lunch
[ˈlʌntʃ] n → déjeuner m
to have lunch → déjeuner
We have lunch at 12.30 → Nous déjeunons à midi et demie.
to go out for lunch → sortir déjeuner
to invite sb to lunch → inviter qn à déjeuner
to invite sb for lunch → inviter qn à déjeuner
to come to lunch → venir déjeuner
to have lunch with sb → déjeuner avec qn
to have sth for lunch → manger qch à midi
What did you have for lunch? → Qu'est-ce que tu as mangé à midi?
there's no such thing as a free lunch → tout se paie
to have lunch → déjeuner
We have lunch at 12.30 → Nous déjeunons à midi et demie.
to go out for lunch → sortir déjeuner
to invite sb to lunch → inviter qn à déjeuner
to invite sb for lunch → inviter qn à déjeuner
to come to lunch → venir déjeuner
to have lunch with sb → déjeuner avec qn
to have sth for lunch → manger qch à midi
What did you have for lunch? → Qu'est-ce que tu as mangé à midi?
there's no such thing as a free lunch → tout se paie
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
lunch
n → Mittagessen nt; to have or take lunch → (zu) Mittag essen; let’s do lunch (inf) → wir sollten uns zum Mittagessen treffen; to give somebody lunch → jdn zum Mittagessen einladen; how long do you get for lunch? → wie lange haben Sie Mittagspause?; when do you have lunch in the office? → wann haben or machen Sie im Büro Mittag?; he’s at lunch → er ist beim Mittagessen; to have lunch out → auswärts or im Restaurant (zu Mittag) essen; out to lunch (inf: = crazy) → weggetreten (inf); there’s no such thing as a free lunch (fig) → man bekommt im Leben nichts geschenkt
vt → zum Mittagessen einladen
lunch
:lunchbox
n
→ Vesperbox f, → Lunchbox f
(Brit hum inf) → Gemächte nt (old, hum)
lunch break
n → Mittagspause f
lunch counter
lunch
:lunch hour
lunch meeting
n → Geschäftsessen nt (über Mittag)
lunch money
n (US Sch) → Essensgeld nt
lunchpail
n (US) = lunchbox
lunchroom
lunchtime
n → Mittagspause f; they arrived at lunch → sie kamen um die Mittagszeit an, sie kamen gegen Mittag an
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
lunch
[lʌntʃ] n → pranzo, (seconda) colazione fto invite sb to or for lunch → invitare qn a pranzo
to have lunch → pranzare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
lunch
(lantʃ) also luncheon (ˈlantʃən) noun a meal eaten in the middle of the day.
verb to eat this meal. We lunched on the train.
ˈlunchtime noun the time between 12.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m., when people eat lunch.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
lunch
→ غَدَاءٌ oběd frokost Mittagessen γεύμα comida lounas déjeuner ručak pranzo 昼食 점심 lunch lunsj lunch almoço обед lunch อาหารกลางวัน öğle yemeği bữa trưa 午餐Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
lunch
n. almuerzo, comida del mediodía.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- The lunch was excellent
- I'm free for lunch
- Where do we stop for lunch?
- When will lunch be ready?
- Can we meet for lunch?
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
lunch
n almuerzo, comida (esp. Mex), comida del mediodía; to have — almorzar, comer (esp. Mex), tomar la comida del mediodíaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.