how to pronounce dine

/ˈdaɪn/

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dine is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of dine in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… don't have to dine here and I think that …”

meaning of dine

Dine means to eat a meal.

dine frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word dine occurs in english on average 3.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.