Transcription
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- [luhnch]
- /lʌntʃ/
- /lʌntʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [luhnch]
- /lʌntʃ/
Definitions of lunching word
- noun lunching a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon. 1
- noun lunching any light meal or snack. 1
- noun lunching a restaurant or lunchroom: Let's eat at the dairy lunch. 1
- verb without object lunching to eat lunch: We lunched quite late today. 1
- verb with object lunching to provide lunch for: They lunched us in regal fashion. 1
- idioms lunching out to lunch, Slang. not paying attention or tending to business; negligent: You must have been out to lunch when you wrote that weird report. 1
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Origin of lunching
First appearance:
before 1585 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95; short for luncheon
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Lunching
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lunching popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
lunching usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lunching
verb lunching
- feast — any rich or abundant meal: The steak dinner was a feast.
- consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- banquet — A banquet is a grand formal dinner.
- sup — to take liquid into the mouth in small quantities, as by spoonfuls or sips.
- fall to — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
Antonyms for lunching
verb lunching
- fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- preserve — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- open — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
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