Supper definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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1. the evening meal, often the principal meal of the day · 2. any light evening meal, esp. one taken late in the evening. an after-the-theater supper. adjective. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'supper'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× supper (sʌpəʳ ) Wordforms:pluralsuppers 1. variablenoun Somepeoplerefertothemainmealeatenintheearlypartoftheeveningassupper. Someguestsliketodressforsupper. mealSynonyms:dinner,eveningmeal,mainmeal MoreSynonymsofsupper 2. variablenoun Supperisasimplemealeatenjustbeforeyougotobedatnight. Shegivesthechildrentheirsupper,thenputsthemtobed. 3. Seesingforyoursupper MoreSynonymsofsupper COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof supper Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'supper' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'supper' WordList'meal' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'walking' HindiTranslationof'supper' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency supperinBritishEnglish (ˈsʌpə ) noun1. aneveningmeal,espalightone 2. aneveningsocialeventfeaturingasupper 3. Seesingforone'ssupper verb4. (transitive)rare togivesupperto 5. (intransitive)rare toeatsupper CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformssupperless(ˈsupperless)adjective WordoriginC13:fromOldFrenchsoper;seesup1 WordFrequency supperinAmericanEnglish (ˈsʌpər ) noun1.  aneveningmeal;specif.,a.  onethatisthechiefmealoftheday b.  oneeatenonadaywhenthechiefmeal(calleddinner)isservedduringthemiddleoftheday c.  alate,usuallylight,eveningmeal 2. US aneveningsocialaffairatwhichamealisserved achurchsupper Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMEsouper



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