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“Dine” or “Dyne”

dine / dyne are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

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dine d·AY·n

  • verbhave supper; eat dinner.
  • verbgive dinner to; host for dinner.

dyne

  • nouna unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram.
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Examples in context

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“dine”

  • …by such artists as Jim Dine, Tom Wesselmann, and Robert Indiana,…
  • …Custer County, South Dakota, as dine crystals associated with quartz at…
  • …a place for students to dine, socialize, study, shop, and see…
  • …2014 through PIAS Recordings and Dine Alone Records.
  • All 4,000 cadets dine together at breakfast and lunch…
  • …appetite and "bid his household dine without him".
  • …the Night Is Here" (Simon Dine, Paul Weller) - 3:53
  • Fiqri Dine, former prime minister of Albania
  • …Payne and his guests to dine amid magnificent sea views.
  • Dine eazy with Vir SanghviThe Times…

“dyne”

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