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adj
Containing less fat, salt, sugar, or calories than normal, or claimed to have such.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Having certain traits subtracted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, informal, not-comparable
Synonyms: lite
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name
Alternative letter-case form of diet (“formal deliberative assembly”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A controlled regimen of food and drink choices, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Any habitual intake or consumption.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, usually
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noun
A session of exams.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
A criminal proceeding in court.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Scots law
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noun
A clerical or ecclesiastical function in Scotland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
Abbreviation of direct interspecies electron transfer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences
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verb
To modify one's food and beverage intake so as to decrease or increase body weight or influence health.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To regulate the food of (someone); to put on a diet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, transitive
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verb
To eat; to take one's meals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To cause to take food; to feed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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noun
the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dieting
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Broader terms: fast, fasting
noun
the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fare
noun
a prescribed selection of foods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fare
Narrower terms: allergy diet, balanced diet, bland diet, ulcer diet, diabetic diet, dietary supplement, carbohydrate loading, carbo loading, gluten-free diet, high-protein diet, high-vitamin diet, vitamin-deficiency diet, light diet, liquid diet, low-fat diet, low-sodium diet, low-salt diet, salt-free diet, reducing diet, obesity diet, soft diet, pap, spoon food, vegetarianism
noun
a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: legislature, legislative assembly, legislative body, general assembly, law-makers
verb
eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fast
verb
follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fast
History
From Middle English diet, dyet, diete, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin dieta (“regimen, regulation; assembly”), from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita).
From Middle English diet, dyet, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin diēta, diaeta (“a public assembly; set day of trial; a day's journey”), from Ancient Greek δῐ́αιτα (dĭ́aita, “way of living, living space; decision, judgement”), influenced by Latin diēs (“day”).
From Middle English dieten, dyeten, diȝeten, from Old French dïeter and Medieval Latin diētāre.
Across languages
243 source translations are retained for this English entry.
